It should be obvious, even to her supporters, that gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire’s interests in the election outcome are self-centered and not based on altruistic concerns. If it truly were for the good of the state, she would readily concede the race and not drag the state’s inhabitants down the long road of further recounts, costly lawsuits and the accompanying bitter diviseness that will inevitably grow from it all.
Even her attitude is cocky, proclaiming at a news conference after the recount that the race was tied. I was always brought up to appreciate that one vote could spell the difference between two issues, but in Gregoire’s case, there are apparently 42 votes that she is unwilling to recognize.
This dispute and the ensuing lawsuits are an attack bent on breaking down our electoral system for the good of the one. Certainly, it is understandable. If Gregoire doesn’t win, she has nothing to go back to. Her longtime career in government service will be over. If so, why should the citizens of Washington be made to suffer over her disappointment?
Even if by some stretch of the imagination (and untold recounts and/or lawsuits) she ultimately claims the governor’s mansion, will this be a person and a governor we the citizens will look up to and respect? I think not. Rather, I believe posterity will more likely record it as a case of ballot confusion and manipulation, backed by a myriad of lawsuits and further confusion. (People still talk of hanging chads four years after the Florida fiasco!) Ms. Gregoire, give it up and let our people go!
Dave Martson
Marysville
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