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There are three ways for the judge to rule.

1) Election results with Gregoire winning stand.
2) Election results using the standards used in every other district stand. Rossi wins.
3) Election results voided, new election ordered.

The most likely result in a Republican favor is the second. This is because the judicial order allowing for Kings County to use a different set of standards from the other counties for counting votes was contrary to Washington State law. This court ordered exception shouldn't be allowed to stand up to an appeal.

More likely than not, the judge will select either options 1 or 3, if he is liberal leaning.

I don't think this issue can be appealed any higher since this would have to be a State constitutional matter, and I don't see how this could be rephrased to give the Supreme Court jurisdiction over the matter. A lawyer's opinion on this could help, if any lawyers would like to chime in at this point.

On the other hand, if the judge chooses option 1, then he sets a dangerous precedent that will threaten the foundation of our Republic. A political party should not be able to, in this day and age, manipulate the ballots and the standards, when the law expressly states that the same standards for counting the ballots must be used in every district.

The judiciary should be held accountable to the laws, and they should be impeached when they use their powers to circumvent or ignore the laws. It is the responsibility of the legislature to make laws, not the judiciary.

I've been following the trial on and off at http://www.soundpolitics.com.

If you're not, you should. These guys have been following this controversy since Election Night '04.

I've tried to be non-biased when looking at the evidence and testimony in this case but it really seems a stretch for Judge Bridges to allow the election to stand.

If there wasn't out and out fraud in King County (there was), then there was sheer incompetence. The level of incompetence alone should be enough to overturn the election.