Rossi Rolls Over

The trial Judge correctly decided Republican Dino Rossi failed to produce any reliable evidence to support the claim that the Washington Gubernatorial election should be overturned. The Judge found the proffered statistical evidence was so unreliable that it could be completely ignored. That a felon who illegally voted in a given precinct would vote the same as the legal voters in that precinct was not supported by any valid evidence, according to the ruling of the Judge. In fact he said, since the illegal felon voters were overwhelmingly male and since male voters tend to vote for a male rather than a female, it is more likely those illegal votes went to Rossi, rather than to Christine Gregoire or the Libertarian candidate who was also female.

With his sore loser whiner status now judicially confirmed, and with no realistic prospect of changing the outcome on appeal, Rossi has decided to throw in the towel on the Governor’s contest and is already trying to position himself for another run for statewide office, possibly challenging Senator Maria Cantwell. Rossi could be figuring that by the time he faces his next female opponent, some of the male felons who illegally voted for him in 2004 may have had their voting rights restored.