[billclintonwillrotinhell]

That was a great statement by Thune because it sets him up
so nicely if corruption or irregularities are discovered.
He can say that he was ready to graciously concede if it
was a clean election. This is unlike algore, who immediately
went on the warpath in sore-loser mode.

Thune is pretty young and is a very viable candidate for
future elections. He doesn't want to say or do anything to
put that in jeopardy. Still, he MUST NOT give up this race
until he's convinced that he lost it fair and square.

We saw what happened to John Ashcroft two years ago when
he graciously conceded defeat to the dead guy and his
ambitiously grieving wife. Ashcroft walked away from
numerous potential legal challenges only to be grilled
over an open fire months later during confirmation
hearings to be Attorney General. In the end, even the
widow voted against Ashcroft, despite having formally
introduced him at the hearings.

Thune should simply let the FACTS dictate his course of
action in these next days, weeks or months.

[OrioleFan]

This is unlike algore, who immediately went on the warpath in sore-loser mode.

And Gore actually went on the warpath before the polls closed, because someone tipped him off that they had screwed up and wired the ballots wrong. An hour before polls closed, the Gore campaign had a PR firm in Texarkana calling people in FloriDUH telling them their votes weren't counted. Go figure...

[The_Victor]

Thune needs to preserve his viability as a candidate. That means no sore loser behavior. He will be back though. Against Dashole in 2 or 4 years perhaps?

[johnb838]

Ashcroft walked away from numerous potential legal challenges only to be grilled over an open fire months later during confirmation hearings to be Attorney General

heh heh. They got more than they bargained for with Ashcroft! at Justice, didn't they? heh heh.