Most reasonable Democrats (and this includes James Carville, Paul Begala, and Michael Moore, so perhaps I am stretching the meaning of the word reasonable) acknowledge that Bush won the 2004 election fair and square. However, the wingnuts will have their say to bring up all the nonsensical charges that there was voter fraud in the 2004 election:
California Senator Barbara Boxer is planning to stand up and join House democrats in their requests for an investigation into the Ohio presidential vote. Certification of the vote takes place today in the Senate and due to Sen. Boxer’s objection, a two hour debate will take place regarding Ohio election irregularities.
Here is what will happen- John Conyers and about 20 other wing-nut members of the Congressional Black Caucus will stand up and each one will discuss the horrible voter suppression and horrible fraud that took place in Ohio. Each wing-nut will come from a seat in which the majority of the electorate is african-american, like Cynthia McKinney, Sheila Jackson Lee, Barbara Lee, and Maxine Waters, John Conyers- aka the usual suspects. They will then raise loads of nonsense, because they know this is merely an attempt to raise questions about a legitimate election. They will do so because they are in such safe, gerry-mandered seats that they can say anything and get away with it.
And what will happen? The rest of the nation will laugh at them and their transparent attempts at race-baiting, and the vote will be certified two hours later. When they Democrats tried to steal Florida in 2000, the result was a large swing towards the GOP, and they now a Republican Governor and two Republican Senators, and Bush won Florida in 2004 by almost 400k votes. MY prediction- the Republican will win the 2008 vote in OHio by 400-500k.
This must be part of the grand strategy Jesse and Ezra were talkng about the other day when they discussed wanting to enlarge the Democratic party- they are doing so by offending the sensibilities of normal voters everywhere, and putting their wing-nuts forward with an open microphone to make laughable claims.
Every time one of their wingnuts opens their mouth today claiming that blacks were disfranchised in Ohio, 10,000 moderate Democrats or Independents in Ohio will become Republicans. Karl Rove has to be behind this.