Fox News Exclusive: Huckabee Campaign Calls for “Full Investigation” into Washington State Results

FoxNews ^ | February 10, 2008 | Fin Gomez

[Wallaby]

Fox News has learned that the Huckabee campaign has called for a “full investigation” into the Washington State Caucus results, and are sending campaign lawyers to the state to help in that pursuit. Ed Rollins, Huckabee campaign chairman, directly challenged Washington State GOP Chairman Luke Essers move in anounncing that John McCain had won the tight race with only 87.2 percent of the votes counted.

” The chairman showed very bad judgement in stopping the voting last night when announcing John McCain had won, when there was less that a 200 vote margin between the two candidates,” Rollins told Fox in an exclusive interview.” You never announce a vote, in my 40 years of politics I have never know anybody to announce a vote count before the vote is counted.”

[Wallaby]

More links and background to this story can be found at Washington GOP stops count, declares McCain winner.

[coramdeo]

For those of you who miss, Al Gore, he’s back!!!!!!!!

[Billg64]

oh no Mikey, you mena the gop and your good buddy john have trained their sites on you? Darn there goes that vp slot

lol you chump

[SolidWood]

200 votes margin with just 87% votes counted... Huck is right on this.

[wastedpotential]

Come on, if Fred or Mitt had this happen to them, all of the kool aid drinking Freepers would be staging protests. I agree, why declare a winner when it is close and there are still votes left to count? Why not just work a little later and count ‘em up?

[italianquaker]

What a buffoon he is

[Moose4]

Eh, if it’s really that tight, why not investigate? Especially if Huckabee’s campaign is willing to pay for an investigation or recount or whatever they do in those caucii. As long as the taxpayers don’t get stuck with the bill, there’s no harm in it.

}:-)4

[Diogenesis]

Did Fox news really remove its head from Romney's rectum?

About time they covered other candidates.

[Shermy]

“Al Gore, he’s back”

I’m glad Goron and Huck are doing this.

More elections should be challenged.

[mommya]

Why should they pay for a recount of a no-count? Just count the damn votes in the first place.

Does anyone know which areas are not included in the totals?

[trumandogz]

For some reason, I have no idea what it could be, they are attempting to deny Huckabee the election in Washington.

[ari-freedom]

Ed don’t do this. You have nothing to gain from this...and you won’t get the Nobel prize either.

[UCANSEE2]

“You never announce a vote, in my 40 years of politics I have never know anybody to announce a vote count before the vote is counted.”

Well, ED, you need to get around a little more.

[NoGrayZone]

(puts on tinfoil hat).....

Is this part of the “play” or is it real?

[wastedpotential]

Yeah, real buffoon. Thinks his votes should get counted.

Don’t you feel like a buffoon after supporting Fred as the true conservative only to see him support McCain .... again as he did in 2000?

[NoGrayZone]

“Don’t you feel like a buffoon after supporting Fred as the true conservative only to see him support McCain “

just a little =)

[Coldwater Creek]

Would you like to be called a buffoon, if it was your votes being counted? Huckabee was right on this one.

[GlennBeck08]

Attaboy, Huckabee. Even though I don’t support Huckabee, if only 200 votes seperate he and McCain he’s doing the right thing.

[jellybean]

Why not just work a little later and count ‘em up?

I'm not a Huckabite...I'm a FRedHead and I agree. Why was the counting stopped?

[GinaLolaB]

I live in New York and I think that the Republican "Machine" in NYS actually fixes the voting machines for the primaries. My personal un-favorite was when Buchanan was running and Dimato fixed it so that the candidates were not listed on the voting machines but their Delegates were. Nobody knew what the heck was going on. The elderly voters were very confused. The delegates for Dole were very well known so of course he won.