Better late than never. These are those Democrats inside the Beltway in Washington, DC. "Outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe said the party will spend "whatever it takes" to study complaints from Ohio voters that included uncounted votes, long lines, shortages of ballots, understaffed polling stations and voting machine errors."-from the AP story. Also, "Senator Barbara Boxer announced on the Senate floor this morning that she and a coalition of nine other senators have found, reasonable suspicion, the legal grounds sufficient to call for investigation of the 2004 Presidential Election."-from the posting on Kos. This story popped up a few days ago and is still bouncing around the net: "WHISTLEBLOWER AFFIDAVIT: Programmer Built Vote Rigging Prototype at Republican Congressman's Request." Update: Taking notice of Ohio's election "irregularities," here is today's Doublespeak at the Washington Post: "When Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell certifies the state's final presidential election results, declaring President Bush the winner by about 119,000 votes, critics say they intend to present two challenges. Lawyers representing voters upset about problems at the polls plan to contest the results with the Ohio Supreme Court, citing documented cases of long lines, a shortage of machines and a pattern of problems in predominantly black neighborhoods. In addition, third-party candidates, bolstered by a favorable federal court ruling, plan to file requests for a recount in each of Ohio's 88 counties. The efforts represent "an incredible long shot," said Steven Huefner, an Ohio State University law professor. "Courts are just incredibly reluctant to overturn the results of an election, absent a really strong showing that something happened that affected the outcome." Unless it's the Supreme Court, I guess. The publisher of Harpers magazine, John R. MacArthur, writes "Timid Kerry stopped counting too soon."
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