2016 Postmortem

Kathy M

(1,242 posts) Sat Nov 26, 2016, 03:41 AM Nov 2016

Obama administration throws cold water on vote recount effort [View all]

" Officials in the Obama administration threw cold water on the effort to recount votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania on Friday.

The effort was spearheaded by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who echoed arguments that Russia may have hacked US voting machines to interfere with the outcome of the November 8 election.

A statement from the Obama administration cited by The New York Times acknowledged that the Kremlin likely expected the hacking of some Democratic Party entities in the run-up to Election Day to raise questions about the voting process and the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump's victory.

"Nevertheless, we stand behind our election results, which accurately reflect the will of the American people," the statement read. "

http://www.businessinsider.com/audit-the-vote-recount-jill-stein-election-hillary-clinton-trump-2016-11

At this point it would be better to work on races not settled .

At least Jill has a new list to add to for next election

Time to move on start working on leadership and couple years from now

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Obama administration throws cold water on vote recount effort [View all] Kathy M Nov 2016 OP

He's doing his job I imagine. ucrdem Nov 2016 #1

I've had it. DK504 Nov 2016 #29

to bad. The count goes forth MFM008 Nov 2016 #2

Actually the context of what the Obama administration said was that it believed the election still_one Nov 2016 #3

Must be more of that 3-dimensional chess and rope-a-dope, I keep hearing about. Hugin Nov 2016 #5

I absolutely agree with that, Obama sure didn't need to say anything. I believe why the media still_one Nov 2016 #6

Um, it's certainly the job of a President, I think, to inspire confidence in the voters. randome Nov 2016 #15

There is little to no confidence out there. Democrats need to see some action. Hugin Nov 2016 #18

Or he's correct and there is no mathematically relevant issue at hand. randome Nov 2016 #19

If that's the case then it will ultimately increase confidence in the Electoral System. Hugin Nov 2016 #20

No it won't mythology Nov 2016 #43

Tell that to tRump. nT Mc Mike Nov 2016 #27

yup anamandujano Nov 2016 #30

Obama has pointed that out in other contexts democrattotheend Nov 2016 #33

Well couldn't he be referring to the cilla4progress Nov 2016 #4

It reflects the will of the electoral college, not the will of the people. drm604 Nov 2016 #7

Sadly, I've heard a common refrain from Democratic voters over the past two weeks. Hugin Nov 2016 #8

I hope that's not true and that people will continue to vote. drm604 Nov 2016 #9

I've certainly gotten an earful about it. Hugin Nov 2016 #10

I would tell them to look local marlakay Nov 2016 #21

well of course... he's on the team. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #11

Move over Obama, the votes will be recounted! Cobalt Violet Nov 2016 #12

Post removed Post removed Nov 2016 #13

The legitimacy of the government itself? kentuck Nov 2016 #14

The "vote recount effort" is actually a "Jill Stein Green Party fundraiser" oberliner Nov 2016 #16

You haven't been doing your homework. anamandujano Nov 2016 #28

Almost six million dollars has been turned over to the Green Party / Jill Stein oberliner Nov 2016 #32

She still has over a million to go before the expected lawyer fees are met. anamandujano Nov 2016 #34

The expected lawyer fees were under a million dollars on the first incarnation oberliner Nov 2016 #35

Two million covers the filings in the three states. anamandujano Nov 2016 #36

And she has raised close to seven million oberliner Nov 2016 #37

Our little debate is going nowhere extremely slowly. I'm out for now. anamandujano Nov 2016 #39

Here's the screenshot from the original page oberliner Nov 2016 #40

That doesn't bother me. The filing fees add up to more than 2M. The word "likely" suggests anamandujano Nov 2016 #41

OK oberliner Nov 2016 #42

Agree.... very pronouned , and I have not ben around here to long Kathy M Nov 2016 #31

nice diversion. not. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #44

Hillary, not President Obama, should have called for a vote recount mtnsnake Nov 2016 #17

President Obama is correct. The outcome of the 2016 MineralMan Nov 2016 #22

Have you come up with any answers yet? I've been trying to figure out KingCharlemagne Nov 2016 #23

Unfortunately, no. MineralMan Nov 2016 #24

Wow, that's a very profound response. I share your depression right now and combine KingCharlemagne Nov 2016 #38

Our election results DO NOT accurately reflect the will of the American people, rather Coyotl Nov 2016 #25

trying to avoid bloodshed I guess heaven05 Nov 2016 #26