Extra! Extra! Blackwell anticipates a fight over Ohio's electoral votes! [View All]

[tinfoil_beret]

A slip of the tongue reveals that Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell anticipates a fight over Ohio's 20 electoral votes.

In Keith Olbermann's blog at http://www.bloggermann.com/ he quotes Blackwell as saying "Because Senator Kerry has conceded and has not asked for a recount he has no standing, and so I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December and 20 votes will go to the certified winner.”

To this observer, Mr. Blackwell's comment admits a legitimate challenge to the state's selection of electors. With Glibs Cobb and Company filing suit to legally block Nevada's 5 electoral votes, the stage is set for the same in Ohio, and Blackwell's comment acknowledges as much.

One might wonder if Cobb and Company had a strategic reason for challenging the votes in Nevada before doing the same in another state. Would the situation in Nevada make it easier to win there and thus set a precedent for challenging eligibility for electors in other states? Does the fact that Nevada promised voters that they would have machines with verifiable papertrails but failed to deliver on November 2 come into play here?

As the momentum builds, I can't help but wonder how long they have planned this coup and how they came up with the idea. Did the idea already have momentum before bleever mentioned this strategy to Kerry's lawyer? Or did DU tinfoil-hatters start the ball rolling?

This situation could get very interesting. To paraphrase another poster here, I think it's time for President-elect John Kerry to start choosing his cabinet. :headbang:

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=81249&mesg_id=81249 for the full story.