Oh, for heaven’s sake, go to some of the threads & educate yourself about how Washington’s caucuses work. The delegates haven’t even been committed yet, and the primary isn’t until 2/19. All Huckabee is crying about is that the plurality of the delegates that were at the caucuses have indicated a preference for McCain. So it would appear likely that they will vote McCain when the convention is held. And the nominee is selected based on a 50-50 combo of primary votes & delegate selection. Absolutely no delegates have been assigned.
I don’t know why Huckster is promoting a lie (but I suppose it fits HIS agenda, and the moon-eyes lap it up), but I can’t believe Freepers are perpetuating it. I find Huckabee even more disgusting than McCain, if possible.
Agree, Huck and his camp keep perpetuating the lie. Underdog, stolen from, boo hoo we are victims of the establishment.
One of the super delegates in WA is Esser. Guess Huck won’t get that vote after impugning his integrity.
“The only hitch? The state chairman had already declared John McCain the winner last night, with only a 242 vote lead. In a written statement last night, Esser said, “Congratulations to Sen. McCain for a hard-fought win, his second caucus victory in the 2008 presidential nomination process. And congratulations to Gov. Huckabee for his strong second-place finish.”
Huckabee campaign lawyer Lauren Huckabee (daughter-in-law of the candidate), who is skeptical of the fairness, asked for a lawyer to monitor the resluts.
The state GOP denied the request and hung up on Lauren Huckabee, according to the campaign. “
excerpt http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/02/10/politics/fromtheroad/entry3813882.shtml
BEFORE they finished counting, Esser declared McCain a winner. Washington State counted 87% of the votes in a couple of hours, but can’t count 13% of the votes in a couple of DAYS.
KEEP IN MIND, Huckabee was only about 200 votes behind.
What bothers me about the slow count, is that if it is Huckabee in Washington State, he would win THREE out of three, rather than TWO out of THREE, which would give him more momentum for tonight’s primaries. But it’s too late for that now. That’s why I’m suspicious.
I think McCain’s momentum, winning the primaries in the early states, is what helped him take off, even though in some of the early states, Dems or Independents could vote (and they tend to vote for McCain).
Now YOU have been educated. It’s about MOMENTUM with the Washington State debacle.