Perils of Caffeine in the Evening

STill blind here.  But the browser font is just large enough that I was able to do some forensic reading of the Seattle Times.  The machine recount of votes for our governor’s race was due this afternoon, and it appears the Republican, Dino Rossi, won by 42 votes.  Out of 3 million cast.

Each party can now pay for hand recounts in selected counties, and all sorts of litigation is sure to follow.  In the spirit of good humor and civic peace, they may as well settle it by a coin flip.  In another situation, I might be able to countenance this and laugh away a negative result, but Chris Vance, the Republican state chairman, has been such an asshole through the recount process that I’m not inclined to hand him anything in the spirit of good citizenship. 

STill, this whole mess is the result of a bungled Democratic canpaign strategy.