Hotlineblog: Senior Republicans Will Pressure Allen to Concede

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

Time to say it -- Majority Leader Harry Reid:

Republicans Will Pressure Allen... Soon
Top Republicans in Washington will give Sen. George Allen a few days to take stock of his legal and political options before beginning to pressure him to concede to James Webb. Senior Republican officials and White House aides believe that Webb won the race. Several outside advisers to Allen want him to make the decision quickly; others in his campaign want to make sure that there's no chance a cache of new votes will turn up. One question: when will (will?) the AP call the race?

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/11/republicans_wil.html


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[idgiehkt]

1. thanks

preciate the posting.

[emulatorloo]

2. kick and rec -- apparently the talking points are out

On CNN, Bay Buchanan is calling for Allen to concede and move on

[napi21]

3. Lou Dobbs was just talking about that. He said that all different

groups have told him that a recount is no more than checking to make sure there were no transpositions in recording the numbers from the machine readouts, and there is no way to "hand count" the votes. He said he understood why Allen would want to check every possibility for an error, but then I think he sould do the respectable thing for himself and the Republican Party, and condede. He's young, only 36 I think, and he can always run another day.

[MattP]

4. Allen is 56

I think Allen is 56, Ford is 36

[LibDemAlways]

6. Allen is 54 - born March 8, 1952.

[wicket]

5. Eggggcellent!

:D