Posted on 11/08/2006 4:15:25 PM PST by RWR8189
Top Republicans in Washington will give Sen. George Allen a few days to take stock of his legal and political options before beginning to pressure him to concede to James Webb. Senior Republican officials and White House aides believe that Webb won the race. Several outside advisers to Allen want him to make the decision quickly; others in his campaign want to make sure that there's no chance a cache of new votes will turn up. One question: when will (will?) the AP call the race? [MARC AMBINDER]
If so, didja say it?
No surprise here
I'm not 100% sure, I've heard multiple versions. The one I've heard the most seems to be that the losing candidate has to request the recount, but if the margin is less than .5%, the Commonwealth and/or the localities pick up the tab. There was an Attorney General race here decided by 400 votes on a recount, but I didn't vote in it and wasn't keeping up with things here at the time (might've been before I moved up here).
I just can't see Webb losing and Allen gaining 3700 votes each to close that gap. But maybe the military ballots are still out, I don't know. The absentees aren't, those are pretty much counted, but I don't know if the military are lumped in there or not.
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The vote margin is now 4000, not 7400. MSNBC just reported this. The canvassing board already found 1900 votes that were "misapplied" to Webb and now went to Allen. This "mistake" was found in just 12 hours after the election. More time will yield more fraud by dems.
Yeah, what's the rush? Turnabout is fair play.
RWR8189 sounds like a disruptor to me.
That's what their handlers want from this one faction of a corrupt "Two-Party Cartel".
Please explain what benefit there is to Allen conceding post haste. What is the hurry? We're about 20 hours past the election and all of a sudden Allen must step down.
Nah, that's just silly talk. He has a right to challenge, and as long as he does it in a reasoned manner, that's his right.
He should just go gracefully. Don't become the GOP's version of Al Gore.
Bad as it sounds, Kerry is the guy to emulate here, insofar as bowing out.
Where have we seen this before?
New Mexico in 2000, Washington State 2004...
Thank you for reminding me about that!
Like that brought any goodwill.
Organise to do what? Its only going to take a week or two,let this run its course.
Guy is one step short of the armbands and goosestepping, and I've been warning folks that's what Demo politics in Virginia have been moving toward. There's still a current of Ku Klux Klan attitudes here and candidates like Mark Warner and Jim Webb appeal to them.
I don't appreciate having Republicans assist these people in stealing the election. Best if you go hide somewhere until this is over.
I didn't tell him to hurry.
dittos. He's still there to January. What's the friggen' rush? The dems screwed Bush for months, we're talking days here.
In 2002 the Republicans had 51 they had 48. Did the Republicans allow any sharing of commiteeships? What do you recall about how it eneded up?
At least they could wait to see if the original count was correct. Sheesh. What's the rush?
Bet you missed that part didn't you.
That's because you are a Democrat Underground troll.
"What's the rush?"
They want to "move on."
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