Pelosi poised to pitch popular pick

From the Lakeland (Florida) Ledger...

Despite warnings that it could turn the new Congress into a partisan battleground, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refuses to rule out the possibility that Democrat Christine Jennings could be seated to represent the 13th District when the 110th Congress convenes in 12 days.

Republicans and even some Democrats said they expect the seat to go to Republican Vern Buchanan, the certified winner by 369 votes.

But Pelosi, who will head a 31-seat Democrat majority in the House, has refused to shut the door on Jennings, until audits, lawsuits and a House investigation are completed....

So far, neither a state audit of the iVotronic touch-screen voting machines nor lawsuits by Jennings and voting groups have produced evidence to suggest Election Day malfunction....

Election Systems & Software Inc. has refused to [turn over the source code to the machine software], calling it a trade secret. Jennings' experts hope to examine the code for flaws that might have contributed to the nearly 18,000 undervotes in the race.

So all that whining about how the GOP "stole" the 2000 election is supposed to be ignored while Democrats apply rules to Republicans they'd scream to high heaven over being applied to them. 

Buncha babies.

Posted by Danny Carlton at December 26, 2006 11:17 AM