Kicking Ass has it all figured out...

Dino Rossi should simply drop his frivolous lawsuit.

…and they give good reasons.

The Republicans' hope is that Rossi can manage to pull out a miracle in a courtroom -despite the fact that Gov. Gregoire was elected based on laws that Rossi himself helped enact while in the state senate. Rossi's claims basically break down like this:

· He claimed that military ballots weren't sent out on time, therefore denying him votes. But when asked by a court to prove it, Rossi dropped the claim completely because he had absolutely no evidence.
· He claimed that hundreds of voters were in fact felons, and therefore not eligible to vote. He released the list of names to the press without checking to see if they actually were felons, and, as it turned out, hundreds of the names belonged to those of juveniles and those who had their voting rights restored. Rossi was made aware of the errors, but again submitted a list that contained eligible voters.
· Rossi has claimed that many individuals who voted for Gregoire were voting illegally and should not have had their ballots counted, but he has fought fiercely to protect anyone who voted illegally for him. In other words, he wants to invalidate any incidental ballots illegally cast for Gregoire, while allowing ballots that were cast for him illegally to count toward his vote total.

That's not all. KA's readers had even more...

· It's obvious that Rossi will not stop until he has exhausted every possible means, and then he'll probably run against her in 2008 and lose again. Why do the Republicans think this looks good to voters?
—Sandy H

· Rossi had three recounts, and still is crying about it and clawing at every straw. The Supreme Court pulled the plug before Gore even had his recount finished, but he showed class, let us know exactly how he thought about it but then bowed out with grace.

That's the difference between Democrats and Republicans. To paraphrase an old saying, 'It's a maturity thing.'
—Eli Blake

· These people are simply ruthless. They will do anything to gain power. If they can't win by playing by the rules, they find some way to pervert the rules or change the rules to win.

It is one of the most despicable and unamerican things I have ever seen.
—Dave Allen

All that's true, but it's also true that Dino doesn't seem to have any inclination to drop his search for an activist judge who will set aside the State Constitution. That's why the Washington State Democratic Party's Governor's Defense Fund is having a fundraiser this Sunday. The featured guest is, yep, that Kerry fella.

As I mentioned the other day, I think it would be a nice thing if Upper Left, which I think earned some distinction as the northwest's premiere pro-Kerry blog way back when, could make the sponsor's list for the event. I don't know if there's that much spare change out there in Upper-Lefty land, but here's the deal - everything that comes into the Upper Left PayPal tip jar between now and Friday at midnight PDT goes to the Governor's Defense Fund. If we get to the sponsor level, great, and if we don't, the worst thing we can do is raise a few bucks for an important cause…