Insane But...

The Washington Gubernatorial race defies belief. John Fund writes in today's OpinionJournal Political Diary:

Election officials of Seattle's King County believe they may have "discovered" yet another 162 misplaced absentee ballots in the chaotic gubernatorial race in Washington State. Today Dean Logan, the vote-finding magician who serves as the county's elections director, will enter a locked "cage" in a warehouse to see if he can find the plastic mail tray he believes may contain the missing ballots. Let's hope he has nothing up his sleeve.

I think the Democrats are going to steal an election from a Republican who rightfully won it. That is sad and I hope it does not happen. But if it does, I will have to stand by it.

??? Because in 2000 I supported Katherine Harris's right to stop the counting. More than SCOTUS's decision in Bush v. Gore, I have always held that the 2000 election was legitimate because the elected Secretary of State in Florida was within her ambit to certify the vote. The Constitution is clear: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress..."

Ergo, Katherine Harris was empowered to stop the count. In that same spirit, I have to admit that the Democrats elected in Washington are also empowered to continue counting.

Hate to open old wounds. I think President Bush had a hat-trick with Katherine Harris, a GOP majority in the House, and the Bush v. Gore decision.

Posted by jk at December 17, 2004 03:07 PM