WA Gov. Race: Dino District Democrats [Leg. Certifies Gregoire 1/11 No Matter What]

Sound Politics ^ | 6 December 2005 | Stefan Sharkansky

[Libertina]

BUMP I called an spoke for quite a long time with my Rep's aide. Its important to ask them to do something NOW about these voting regularities, not AFTER someone is installed and then found to not be the winner.

[Publius]

You saw the letter to my legislators. I made it pretty clear we needed reform before we try to do this again.

Either that or the federal DOJ will have to send the FBI here to supervise the election.

[chimera]

That's true. There will be no coattails for someone in '06. Thune didn't have that against Johnson in '02. He may still have won against Daschle without Bush at the top of the ticket, because people were just ticked at Daschle's obstructionist tactics, but having Bush/Cheney at the top of the ticket certainly helped.

To be honest, I think Osama Bin Murray and CantDoWell have those Senate seats for life if they want them. Murray clobbered Nethercutt and CantDoWell is certainly a more attractive candidate to WA 'Rats than Gregoire. Those that hesitated to pull the lever for Gregoire will likely have no problem pulling it for CantDoWell. Those who say that Rossi should concede this race and just gear up for CantDoWell in '06 are playing right into the hands of the 'Rats, who will bury him in that race if he tries it.

[proudpapa]

You have a masterful understanding of the situation here in Washington.


Rossi should fight to the bitter end for the race he won, instead of sitting out two years, to run for a Senate seat he'd possibly lose.

[California Patriot]

Chimera's comments are absolutely right.

I would only add that Rossi's -- or any Republican's -- chances of winning the governorship in four years will be enhanced if we make the biggest possible stink now about the stolen election. We must do our best to burn this situation into the public mind so that a substantial number of swing voters actually remember it in four years.

Furthermore, we might even be able to salvage the '04 election if we keep it up.

FReep threads about this situation have been dominated by a combination of defeatism and pointless fantasies about defeating Cantwell in '06, often seen as part of an overall Republican landslide. Fantasy and defeatism are two sides of the same coin. A serious response to this political rape that the Seattle Demons have perpetrated begins with political sophistication, not with a bizarre combination of wimpiness and bluster.