Because every Ohio Democratic official and party hack knows that Democrats typically steal about 50,000 votes in every Ohio election.
The Democrats know that if a real investigation is done the investigators will find much fraud on Kerry's behalf and none on Bush's. What happened this time is that Bush had enough poll watchers so that it was a lot harder for Democrats to steal votes than it had been in the past.
What the Democrats accomplished by their claims of voter fraud in 2000, is to greatly reduce the amount of fraud the democrats could commit in 2004.
It makes them pine for the days when they could hold back the votes til they were needed.
The Democrats were certain Kerry would win Ohio, "if every vote is counted", their talking heads declared. There's no doubt in my mind that the Kerry campaign was certain of an illegal victory in Ohio. So was John Zogby.
The irony of the 2004 election is that the Democrats (DNC) complained so much so loudly of supposed "Republican fraud" prior to Nov. 2 that it forced the RNC and the GOP watchdogs to launch a massive watchdog effort, which thereby prevented the Democrats from swindling their usual 2 or 3 percent of ADDITIONAL phantom votes from inner cities and union strongholds.
Even with our diligence, there supposedly were some VOTER REGISTRATION PADDING attempts by rabid Dems in liberal cities like Philadelphia, but with the eyes of the nation focusing like a laser on each precinct, McCauliff and the unions could not stack the deck as easily as they've done in the past.
After all, isn't it amazing how votes did not magically appear from after hours polls in St. Louis, or at Indian reservations in Arizona, New Mexico and North Dakota?
Even in states where Kerry won, the margin of victory was much less than in 2004, and I strongly believe it was due to the diligence that Karl Rove and the RNC's small army of lawyers.
For me, the sweet irony of 2004 is that Dems seem to have cut off their own fraudulent foot, I believe, by stirring up claims BEFORE the election about supposed intimidation and ballot irregularities.