Gregoire Looks Like the Winner....Finally

This is why Republicans hate it when the votes are counted.

The Seattle Times reports:

Dino Rossi's bid to become Washington's first Republican governor in two decades unraveled in a big way yesterday.

After winning the first two counts in the state's closest race ever, Rossi fell behind Democrat Christine Gregoire by 10 votes in what was supposed to be the final day of an unprecedented statewide manual recount.

And he could drop even more after the state Supreme Court yesterday rejected a Republican attempt to block King County from reconsidering more than 700 ballots that the county said had been mistakenly disqualified.

So, following the hand recount, Christine Gregoire is now AHEAD by 10 votes. And, as noted, the Washington State Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday that unanimously says count all the votes. What a concept.

The Repubs. in Washington State are probably trying to figure out if they can get their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. There, they could probably win.

But, the clear message from Washington State is to stay strong, don't give in to the Republican bullying and COUNT ALL THE VOTES.

Congrats to Christine Gregoire.