I've been doing quite a bit of blog and newspaper reading on the Washington State "recount" the past couple of weeks as the legal challenges ramped up and the hand recount Democrat vote creation started up. I lived and worked in Aberdeen, Washington, for nearly two years and earned a few extra bucks every election […]
While cleaning up my bathroom last night in anticipation of my parents dropping by, I discovered 11 absentee ballots from Washington State behind the toilet. I don't know how they got there, but I've contacted election officials in King County to see if they're interested in adding them to their recount. On a slightly more […]
It looks as though Washington state has a new governor. After two machine recounts failed to give Democrat Christine Gregoire a victory, a statewide hand recount has reportedly allowed Democrats to keep hold of the statehouse. The Democrats quickly claimed victory. It should be noted that when Republican Dino Rossi won the first count by […]
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government held a forum with 2004 presidential campaign managers Mary Beth Cahill (Kerry) and Ken Mehlman (Bush) that contained this interesting tidbit. Mary Beth Cahill, who spoke at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government with Ken Mehlman, President Bush's campaign manager, said the Massachusetts senator's campaign initially thought there would be […]
Lies about the 2000 election outcome continue to be proliferated, this time as an aside to the San Diego Mayor race. She [assistant metro editor Laura Wingard] likened the Union-Tribune's role in the count to what happened in Florida in the 2000 election. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that George Bush won the election, but […]
There's been chatter going around that the report on the investigation of the forged Bush National Guard memos will come out today. I tend to think that while a Clintonesque late-Friday-afternoon-document-dump is likely, I happen to think it will be a different Friday -- the one two weeks from today. As that report nears finality, […]
A local genius (I'm being serious this time) invented a device that uses energy from ocean waves to create electricity -- winning $100,000 in a contest sponsored by the Siemens Foundation. (When I was in high school, it was known as the Westinghouse Competition.) For fun, Aaron (Goldin), a straight-A student, spent two years working […]
Juan Non-Volkoh points out the changing positions of Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky. In short, when Democrats use the filibuster, it's a good thing. When Republicans use it, it's a bad thing. Isn't utilitarianism a wonderful thing?
Today's New York Times has a much-touted article (it was teased earlier in the day on Drudge) on prisoner "abuse" at Guantanamo. Let me start out by pointing out what the Times fails to note. All of the individuals incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay were captured on the battlefield bearing arms against the United States. They […]
I mentioned last week that the outrageously close Washington gubernatorial race reinforced the need to ensure that our elections are not stolen through fraud. The Wall Street Journal's John Fund weighed in today with similar sentiments -- and that it may already be too late. That set off a legal fracas over the 929 people […]