GP: I do not think any party has a corner on hypocrisy. I firmly believe that any unlawful acts uncovered should be prosecuted, but to date I have seen none. You can bet both sides would be screaming and suing if they saw any such thing. And don't you think King County could have easily given Chris a big lead if they were crooked? Why cheat if you are going to come up 42 short?

As far as the hand recount. Do you honestly think Rossi would not have asked for one if the count had Chris in the lead by 42? I am still concerned that there is no way to hand count a ballot from the Snohomish county machines. I believe that the machine should make a paper trial that can be certified.

There are two good pieces of news here as I see it.

1. The voters are very evenly divided on this race. They were both good candidates and both talked the good talk about sport fishing. I think we win with either one.

2. If we recount it will keep whoever wins from being up and ready to go on inauguration day. That’s a good thing. Politicians do us the most good when they are NOT working.