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Posted at 8:05pm on Feb. 10, 2008 Huckabee Challenging Washington Vote

It's Unseemly When Republicans Act Like Democrats

By California Yankee

Mike Huckabee is challenging the results of the Washington State Caucuses:

The Huckabee campaign claims the state chairman declared McCain the winner before all the votes were counted:

Campaign Chairman Ed Rollins told reporters Sunday that in addition to delegates, the “dubious” announcement hurt Huckabee’s momentum after surprise wins in Kansas and Louisiana Saturday night.

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Rollins said he was not accusing the McCain campaign of anything, but said Washington Republican State Party Chairman Luke Esser suspended voting with only 87 percent of the votes counted, and then issued a press release declaring McCain the victor. When Huckabee campaign officials reached Esser Sunday, he said the rest of the votes would be counted today and refused requests for the campaign to monitor the tallying, Rollins said, adding Esser said the campaign should trust the party.

“At this point of time, I want to make sure that every vote is counted, and I’m not accusing anyone of mischief at this time; I’m accusing someone of bad judgment,” he said.
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Rollins added the dubious counting hurt the perception of their wins Saturday.

"There's a big difference in impact between our campaign winning three primaries and caucuses yesterday as we go into one, the way reporting would have been done, as opposed to two wins and one loss, and one loss which we are now certainly questioning," he said.

CNN reports the difference between McCain and Huckabee as 242 votes, with 87% of the vote reported.

Even if Rollins is right, I can't help but think that the Huckabee campaign is acting like the Sore/Loserman campaign in Florida, circa 2000.

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