>>>>Dennis Kucinich dropping presidential bid
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>>>Hmmm, I wonder if I should drop out too as I think so far there is no statistical difference in the amount of support we've received ...
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>>Did you see that he asked for a recount in New Hampshire after getting 2% of the vote? (ISIANMTU). I guess he thought he really got 3% of the vote.
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>No, he wanted to make sure that the allegations of vote counting fraud that had been made were inaccurate -- especially since they involved Diebold machines. If Obama had asked for the recount, he would have looked like a sore loser, but Kucinich could do it without having to worry about accusations of self-interest.
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>If I remember correctly, the recount showed that there was no wide-spread fraud, and that we could therefore trust the results of the election. Just think of the accusations that would have been thrown around had it been electronic-only, with no means to recount.


I see. Thanks for the explanation. The news story I saw didn't mention that, just spun it as "guy with 2% of the vote asks for recount."

Holy moley, you're in Bangor now? How long have you been there? I lived there for 10 years as a kid.