Posted on 11/08/2006 12:51:06 PM PST by areafiftyone
RICHMOND, Va. Republican Sen. George Allen refused to concede defeat Wednesday, even as Democrat Jim Webb declared victory and began assembling a transition team.
With Republican Sen. Conrad Burns' loss in Montana, the Democrats would gain control of the Senate if Webb's lead holds. The margin between the two Virginia candidates was about 7,000 votes.
"The votes are in and we won," Webb declared. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Webb had 1,169,285 votes, or 49.6 percent, to Allen's 1,162,577, or 49.3 percent. Allen's campaign, however, said the Senator would wait for a full review of the Virginia vote.
"The conclusion of the canvass will be the final official results," said Ed Gillespie, the former Republican National Committee chairman and adviser to Allen.
Representatives from both campaigns and party officials were at polling places across Virginia as the canvass was under way. The state has until Nov. 14 to complete it, Gillespie said.
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Couldn't agree more! When we had all the fraud in 2004, we didn't attack it then and it came back to bite us now. Acorn founders and their employees should have been hauled away in handcuffs. We have played too nice for too long and we need to start outing all the fraud. Kumbyya needs to go!
You're ignoring the dramatic differences between Allen's race and other states - Allen was ahead by 15-20 points all summer despite Iraq, etc. which dragged down polls in other states from the beginning. It was only when the scumbags launched the "Macaca" hit all over the MSM that Allen's decisive lead evaporated..... and look at how Lieberman won easily in CT (much bluer state) despite the Demagogue angst about Iraq. A popular and well-respected local/state pol such as Allen would have won easily had he not been sandbagged by a vicious and dishonest MSM that pumped the "Macaca" incident and Allen's mother's ancestry far, far, far beyond reason. It showed clearly what the Demagogues and DBM are capable of when they are working closely together.
You are correct about that. Sen Inhofe now stores his airplanes in a National Guard hangar in Tulsa and on Andrews AFB after several questionable incidents.
The media/Dims went all out against Allen in this race because they didn't want him running for President.
This has been done in the past. But the Dems, blacks, ACLU, etc. scream about "voter intimidation", racism and all the usual leftist chants. When you hear about the these groups complaining about the state police or the justice dept folks or the FBI at the polls in inner city precicnts, (if it is reported at all) this is what is usually happening.
Sorry if the fact that I have a life away from the PC is a deterrent to your opportunities to be a jackass.
Oh and...
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