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Huck fights on, sends lawyers to Washington
Filed under: Mike Huckabee
Just when you thought it was over, Mike Huckabee not only scores a series of wins, but takes the gloves off in the closely-contested Washington caucuses.
Washington State GOP chair Luke Esser halted the ballot count with 87 percent reporting and McCain with a razor-thin lead. In a tersely worded statement, Huckabee decried this decision and shipped lawyers to the Pacific Northwest to contest matters.
Calling the count "dubious" and citing numerous "irregularities," Huckabee vowed to soldier on. This is curious, because many assumed that Huck had packed it in and was essentially running for the vice presidential nomination at this point. Mathematically, he's still in it, but the likelihood of the former Arkansas governor actually securing the nomination at this point are very slim. Seems like an odd decision on his part.
On the other hand, the Washington State GOP decision is worse than odd. It's disenfranchisement, pure and simple. The comments on Team Huckabee's official blog show that his supporters are incensed. Also, some are a little unhinged. (The "McCain falsified his war record" kooks are out, along with some other pretty gross anti-McCain comments). But in this case, they certainly have a right to be upset about a race that was inexplicably called too soon -- not by the media, but by the party itself.
Posted by Jeff Shaw at February 10, 2008 4:23 PM
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The reason Huckabee supporters are angry is because the GOP chair called McCain the winner after 87% of the votes were (not 97% as listed in your blog above). Plus, Huckabee was only trailing McCain by a little over 200 votes! With 1,500 votes left to count, how in the world could they predict McCain the winner?
Posted by: John at February 10, 2008 5:57 PM
You're right about all of that. Huckabee supporters have a right to be upset about this, and I'm mystified that it isn't getting more press.
Thanks also for pointing out the typo (the post initially read 97 percent instead of 87 percent; 87 percent is accurate).
Posted by: Jeff Shaw at February 10, 2008 6:15 PM
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