First Door on the Left

I’m kind of torn over the recount in the election for governor of the state of Washington.

A recount was definitely called for - of that there can be no doubt. When the difference is only 42 votes out of 2.8 million votes cast, you have to have a recount. People and machines make mistakes.

The Republicans do have a point, however. A recount, by definition, means you recount the votes that have already been counted once (or, in this case, twice).

The Democrats have a point, too. You should count every legitimate vote. Poll workers in King County made a mistake and did not count some votes that should have been counted. Given the opportunity to correct that error, you probably should correct it.

I don’t think either side is out to “steal” this particular election. I think both are honestly trying to do what they think is right. Personally, I kind of think that every legitimate vote should be counted, but then again you can’t really recount a vote that was never counted in the first place.

See my dilemma? I think both sides are correct on this one. Perhaps Rossi and Gregoire should just get together a toss a quarter in the air. But then we’d have that whole argument over which one gets to call it.

I don’t think there’s going to be a real winner in this one. If we had a way to hold honest, clean elections in this country, I’d say do it all over again from square one.

(I ask you, was that not spoken like a true politician?)