Gregoire Sworn in As Washington Governor
Democrat Christine Gregoire, winner of one of the closest governor's races in U.S. history, was inaugurated Wednesday amid a legal challenge that could undo her election. Gregoire, 57, a scrappy three-term attorney general who took on the tobacco industry, took the oath of office before a joint session of the Legislature. Republicans had battled for weeks to delay her inauguration. Republicans in the House Chamber rose along with cheering Democrats to greet her swearing-in, but did not join in the applause. Backers of her GOP rival, Dino Rossi, continue to push for a whole new election to decide the race.While I am unhappy with the tainted aspects of this race, especially so since Washington used to be known for clean elections, I do not support a new election. Primarily this is because in this heavily liberal state I expect that Gregoire would win a new election and so nothing would change.
posted by Dave Justus | 1/12/2005 03:05:00 PM
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In my opinion (after all that is what this is all about, right?) we need a new election. I would like Rossi to win it, but more then that, I would like who ever wins it does so by a reasonable margin.
I guess that my problem with this is that we just kept recounting and modifying the ballots until it came out for Gregoire. As a freind says - If you were to balance the your check book three times and get three diffrent results, would you just accept the third one? or keep doing it until you were positive that you were correct?
Honestly, If there is not another election, I will consider if I should even vote in it. After all, with all the underhanded dealings in King County to make sure the person that they wanted won just smacks to much of all of the other times the East Side has gotten pushed aside for Seattle.
i am for another election because it will piss off the left
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