[no dems]

The last report I heard on one of the news channels (I don't remember which - I watched the all last night) said that the SD race was w/in the margin for a recount which is .25 of 1 percent. However, there was massive voter fraud on the part of the Dim-o-rats especially on the Native American Reservations. One Dim lady has already been arrested for forging signatures on absentee ballots. THE RUB IS: Per law, Thune can have the recount or he can sue based on the fraud investigations but he can't do both. I say he should sue for a federal investigation.

[ChadGore]

Statesmanship.

Is this a case where the need for the nation to have a smooth election out weighs the need for partisanship ?

[randita]

Thune has not conceded.

There will probably be an automatic recount. I'm sure GOP officials are looking very carefully at absentee ballots. There's also the problem with the polls in one area being allowed to stay open an extra hour supposedly because of a computer glitch. The votes after the official closing time may be challenged.

It's not over, but I feel that since the GOP already has the Senate and if there isn't an airtight case to be made for voter fraud or ignorance of the law which would make the difference, I think we should just give it up.

Bush will give Thune a nice appointment, I'll bet and he'll live to fight another day without the tarnish that Gore, Laut, and the Widder have.

[Russell Scott]

The Republican party needs to fight hard on this one, if for no other reason than to try to get the seat back that New Jersey stole from us. They need to make sure all the ballots match voter registrations, and are legal under S.D. law. If nothing else, it will make it that much more difficult for Daschle to get re-elected in the next round. But unlike the Democrats, everything has to be above board and according to the law.

[Mensch]

Doing the noble thing means nothing to fanatics. It makes them laugh, they see it as weakness. They only respect a boot on their throats.

[Congressman Billybob]

The question has been asked and answered, repeatedly, on other threads. In a nutshell: 1) the recount is automatic and conducted at state expense because of the closeness of the outcome. 2) the federal investigation, already involving at least one indictment concerning fraud in Indian votes, will continue. 3) John Thune will kee his options open and his powder dry, as this process continues.

And don't forget there is a final option that the lamestream media have not woken up to (no surprise there). The Senate can refuse to seat Johnson and seat Thune instead, reagardless of who S.D. certifies as the winner. The House did this with respect to an Indiana Congressman in 1984. The Senate possesses the same power, pursuant to the Constitution.

Remember, you read it here, for the fourth time.

Congressman Billybob

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