The Straits Times
10 Feb 2008
WASHINGTON - ARIZONA Senator John McCain eked out a narrow victory in the Republican Party's caucuses in the northwestern state of Washington, the state party chairman announced late on Saturday.
In response...
Huckabee campaign calls Wash. results 'dubious'
06:28 PM PST on Sunday, February 10, 2008
KING5.com Staff and Associated Press
SEATTLE - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is crying foul after John McCain's apparent victory in the Washington caucuses on Saturday.
Campaign Chairman Ed Rollins issued a press release, saying the campaign is "deeply disturbed by the obvious irregularities in the Washington State Republican precinct caucuses."
With about 87 percent of precincts reporting Saturday, Wash. State Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser issued a statement congratulating McCain on a "hard-fought win," and Huckabee on a "strong second-place finish." McCain won 26 percent of the vote, and Huckabee got 24 percent, according to the GOP's tally.
The following quotation somehow seems appropriate:
Boss Tweed: Remember the first rule of politics. The ballots don't make the results, the counters make the results. The counters. Keep counting.(thanks to Tedthecat85 for this inspiration!)
[The Gangs of New York, 2002]
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