The 10K ballots are among those in Miami Dade.
They were machine counted, but the machine
count did not yield a vote for president,
though they were counted as to other races.
(This should tell you something)
What it tells me is that, properly hand-counted, they probably would not change the outcome. But why leave doubt? Why potentially lend an argument to the loser that the winner's victory is illegitimate?
Miami Dade officials had the discretion
whether or not to proceed with the re-count,
which included, but was not limited to, these
10K ballots. They elected not to
Yes, on television, while thousands of protesters (reportedly hired and bused in) pounded on the window in protest when they tried to start counting..... making America for a brief moment look equivalent to Bolivia.
and they made
this decision after having re-counted all the
heavily Democratic precincts and before they
commenced on the precincts that leaned toward
Republicans.
I have heard that, and it is the strongest argument against a recount. It is also the strongest evidence that a recount of those 10,000 ballots will not change the outcome. If I were Bush, I'd say... "go ahead, make my day" and let the count proceed. It would look gutsy, it would end it by tomorrow, and he could take credit for finally resolving the stalemate.
Let the endgame begin! |
