Posted on 11/16/2009 11:14:31 AM PST by Biggirl
Should Doug Hoffman had waited and let all the votes be counted?
I’m certainly not a fan of taking election counts to the courts, but maybe Doug Hoffman should have let all of the votes be counted before conceding.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quickly got Bill Owens (D- N.Y.) down to Washington D.C. and swore him in within a few days so he could break his first campaign promise and vote to include a public option for health care. To be fair, Owens was against the public option early in the campaign, only to quietly reverse his opinion in the last few days.
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When PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, people will say “enough is enough!”
My thoughted exactly
Collegiality is important, but accuracy moreso. Count every vote!
Concessions are not legally binding. The only thing that is legally binding is the state’s Secretary of State certification of the election result.
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