A lot of the griping, of course, has come from cranky leftwing conspiracy theorists who can't quite manage to swallow the bitter pill of a second Bush term. One of the few mainstream commentators to follow the story in any depth has been MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who's kept the liberal dream of a pie-in-the-sky post-election upset alive with detailed reporting on his blog of investigations into Ohio's electoral irregularities. (Check out Olbermann's blog at www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/)
With only a few hours remaining until our Republican Congress certifies the official Electoral College tally, a wrench has finally been thrown into the works. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has agreed to join Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) in challenging the assignation of Ohio's 20 electoral votes to Bush. Does this mean John Kerry will be our next president? Fat chance. But it will give Democrats a chance to publicly discuss serious complaints by some Ohio voters of machine shortages and ridiculously long lines in Democratic precincts, voter intimidation, a purging of registration lists and other problems.
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