WA Governor's Contest-Sharkansky on w/Brit Hume today

www.soundpolitics.com ^ | 1/17/05 | nora

[norafinegirl]

Media Alert I'll be on Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume this evening at 6pm EST / 3 pm PST, speaking about the voting irregularities.

My first ever interview on a national TV news program!

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky

[expatpat]

Yeah, I saw it. He did very well -- he speaks better than he writes.

[cgbg]

wash supreme court

I remember reading on a thread a while ago it was 7-2 for the bad guys.

If the appeal goes to them and their decision is ridiculous enough we have to hope the Federal Supremes will feel obligated to enter the fray.

Shark has done an outstanding job with his research and blog--and if we prevail on this one he will deserve a lot of the credit.

[GretchenM]

See posts linked here (found on this thread) for more info:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322723/posts?page=34#34

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322723/posts?page=37#37

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322723/posts?page=39#39

[pointsal]

ping

[GretchenM]

Also posts 40 and 42 -
as others may add more, you might want to check back on the thread.

[GretchenM]

Thanks for the info.

[connectthedots]

I follow the WA state Supreme Court very closely. When this gets to the state supreme court, it will most likely be a unanimus decision for a re-vote. i would guess that 2-3 justices will recuse themselves. Fairhurst, for sure, since she is a close friend of Gregoire. Sanders may recuse or be asked by the democrats to recuse. CJ Alexander should recuse himself and I would say it is about a 50-50 chance he will. He has some personal reasons for wanting Gregoire to be the governor.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"Don't dimmocrats care about people? All people?"

Of COURSE they do. They are people and their 'vote-slave' minorities are 2/3 people.

But people who vote them out of office aren't people at all, just don't even exist. Until we Blog them to oblivion!

< / semi-sarcasm off.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"Fairhurst, for sure, since she is a close friend of Gregoire. Sanders may recuse or be asked by the democrats to recuse. CJ Alexander should recuse himself and I would say it is about a 50-50 chance he will. He has some personal reasons for wanting Gregoire to be the governor."

Details, please....

[ken5050]

Thanks for the info, and the links..BTW..would you care to opine as to what you think will happen?

[Malesherbes]

Sharkansky did great - a smart and honest citizen. Felons voted, dead people voted, and some people voted twice.

[ken5050]

Well, perhaps having a judge named "Sanders" deciding the case is a good omen..after all, the guy in Florida did pretty well..

[ken5050]

Wow..thanks for the info..can I suggest..( not to create more work for you)but since you admit to following the Wash SDtate courts closely, that you blog this on FR..hey..you might start a second career..(G)

[The SISU kid]

Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only please!

8^)

[ken5050]

The state is trendign liberal/Dem, but sometimes when the party in power egregiously overreaches..the voters rise up ..it's happened several times in NJ in the last 30 years, and the two states are similar demographically and politically..Murray is, to her supporters, somewhat :iconic"..Cantwell has big $$ and big image problems..I recall she got the nomination only because she could self finance..and her then opponent was deemed unbeatable. She relatively young..could serve 4 more terms..a lot of Wash St Dems might secretly liek to see her lose, they figure it'll open up a seat in 2012.

[ken5050]

The state is trendign liberal/Dem, but sometimes when the party in power egregiously overreaches..the voters rise up ..it's happened several times in NJ in the last 30 years, and the two states are similar demographically and politically..Murray is, to her supporters, somewhat :iconic"..Cantwell has big $$ and big image problems..I recall she got the nomination only because she could self finance..and her then opponent was deemed unbeatable. She relatively young..could serve 4 more terms..a lot of Wash St Dems might secretly like to see her lose, they figure it'll open up a seat in 2012.

[traderrob6]

Stephan I read your blog daily. You really looked good on SR need to get more air time. Clear, straight forward and well spoken presentation

[connectthedots]

Wait just a couple more days.

I have read virtually every single decision of the WA supreme court for the past 4+ years. I just have a feel for where each of the justices are going to come down on different cases.

About two weeks prior to the state supreme court issuing its opinion in 144 Wn.2d 30, SKAMANIA COUNTY v. GORGE COMM'N, I sent a letter to the state SC asking when the opinion would be coming out and predicted that the vote would be 9-0 or 8-1 in favor of Brian Bea. The decision was actually 8-0 with Justice Phil Talmadge not participating in the decision. Talmadge avoided participating because he was contemplating running for governor and did not want to tick off either the environmental wackos (whose positions he had supported in earlier cases) nor property rights proponents. I had also suggested that Faith Ireland, while supportive of the Gorge commission, was normally very adamant about complying with statutory time limitation periods and would vote against the commission on that basis.

I went on to suggest that the Gorge commission would not appeal to the USSC for fear that the USSC would affirm the WA SC. Such an appeal might have also raised the issue as to whether compacts between states are constitutional when they violate the property rights of individual citizens. I suggested that they would be unconstitutional.

[connectthedots]

It will be a unanimous decision for a re-vote.

[connectthedots]

Look for the asst. AG Jeffrey Even, whom Sam Reed wants as his atorney to br dropped from the case within the next week or so. He has a conflict of interest problem in that he has a personal loyalty to Gregoire.