Reply #36: I'm scratching my head, too. One possible theory: fiefdomism.

[Peace Patriot]

"Did he get the word from DLC/DNC that this is a "hot potato" and to shut it down?" --KoKo01

But WHY would it be a "hot potato" to the Democrats? Presumably--as all other information seems to indicate--the results in NM are currently wrong in Bush's favor, and Kerry won the state. Wouldn't Democrats LIKE to hear that news? And how does it harm them if it can't be proven? Doesn't.

So, what the hell is going on?

I've been trying to figure the Dem leadership out on this whole disaster of an election for two months.

Why didn't they scream bloody murder about Diebold and its secret source code? Yeah, Tom Delay wouldn't let election verification measures out of committee. But Diebold controlling the central vote tabulators--and no...public review? Come on.

So that's the basic puzzle. WHAT can the Democrats have been thinking when this election system was put into place? It is an open bank vault. It invites fraud. And Republican partisans control it.

Next: Why are Democrats so very disinterested in the machinery of elections, and in all the mountain of evidence that this one was stolen?

And, finally: Why on earth would Richardson try to stop the Greens from getting a recount? (Anybody know if he was running this time?)

I remember just a tidbit in the news, just before the election--a day before maybe--and it was something like, Richardson naysaying Kerry's election prospects, either nationwide or in NM. Been too long, can't recall details. But it left a bad taste in my mouth. Something odd about it. Politicians NEVER say such a thing days before an election. NEVER. Even if that's what they think. It hurts momentum. It's always, "We're gonna win!"

Anyway, what I figure is, Richardson doesn't think this wretched BushCon junta is going to affect his little fiefdom in NM. He's "circling the wagons,' trying to keep his head down, and hang onto to his little power base--a strategy that I think a lot of other Dems are following--wrong-headed, of course; really cowardly; and probably useless. But typical of the compromised, over-privileged, well taken care of, well fed, above-it-all, and sometimes corrupt lives that too many Dem politicians lead.

I think the Democrats' behavior--from the selling of our election system to Diebold et al, to Kerry's concession, all the way to Jan. 6, is utterly bewildering. So I'm casting about.

And, yes, Cam Kerry singled out New Mex as a state whose results were a concern.

Go figure.