CALIFORNIA AG CANDIDATE COOLEY VOWS TO COUNT EVERY BALLOT

UPDATE: 11/16/2010 It looks to us like Cooley is sunk, although the fat lady has yet to sing. (Let's just say she is warming up.)

However, in view Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters Dean Logan's checkered recent past (quietly resigning as Registrar in Kings County, Washington to take the job in LA--after a voting scandal that included some precincts where there were more ballots that voters, many presents with missing ballots, provisional ballots not checked at all, voters invited in to "re-register" to validate invalid voter registrations, 130 ex-felons being allowed to vote, and may other irregularities in a very close state-wide election where the "winner" "won" by 300 votes--Steve Cooley's complaints in LA seem like déjà vu all over again.

Link: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/273692_logan13.html




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We just received this press release from the Steve Cooley for California Attorney General Campaign, which is self-explanatory:

A Statement from: Kevin Spillane - Senior Consultant, Steve Cooley for Attorney General Campaign:

“With the counties completing their semi-official returns, Steve Cooley trails Kamala Harris by 14,838 votes – two-tenths of a percentage point. There are over 1 million provisional and absentee ballots yet to be counted.”

“The race for Attorney General will not be decided for at least another couple of weeks, and potentially could go until the official Certification of Vote deadline on December 3."

“We will continue to monitor the situation. The only thing we are certain of is that the final outcome will be close. We are grateful for all the good wishes of our supporters and will keep you updated.”

Our only comment: As we said during the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the Bush vs. Gore election in 2000: Let the votes be counted!

Until then, Kamala, it may be a tad premature to measure the drapes in the Attorney General’s Office. Ha!

--Blogonaut

Related:

Attorney general race hangs in the balance as 2 million votes remain uncounted (LA Times 11/4/2010)

Kamala Harris Declares Victory In CA Attorney General Race‎ - The San Francisco Appeal

California attorney general's race still too close to call - The San Jose Mercury News

PRESIDENT GIVES KAMALA HARRIS HIS LUKE-WARM, BELATED ENDORSEMENT

The President has endorsed Harris in the California Attorney General race, but the text of the "endorsement" (which, BTW comes only three weeks before the election) sounds like more of a pity endorsement based on Harris' desperation than a glowing statement of her qualifications to be California's next top prosecutor:

"Now she's running to be California's attorney general, and I am proud to stand by her," Obama's written statement said. "She is someone who understands the needs of all Americans, and I need allies like that fighting for change across the country."

Obama said Harris "needs our help if she's going to win this race."

Don't you “stand by” someone who is in trouble?

We agree with one thing, she "needs help"--because she is completely unqualified to be attorney general.

We mean if Harris was so qualified, why didn't Obama find a place for her in his administration?

After all, she was one of the first politicians to endorse him nationally when he announced his presidential bid, and she co-chaired his California fundraising effort.

Yet he offered this attractive woman NO JOB in his administration.

Our take: She must be pretty unqualified and/or way too liberal for even the commander-in-chief. Otherwise, why no job offer?

Read more: Obama endorses Harris for California Attorney General (Fresno Bee)

AG CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS HAS WORST CONVICTION RATE IN STATE

Opinion, by Blogonaut

We have made no secret of our view that San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, with her anti-law enforcement views (including refusing to enforce the death penalty in all cases—not to mention dismissing provable charges against the drug crazed man on two burglary probations caught by SFPD on our penthouse balcony where he crouched with a knife, duct tape and rope) is a weak candidate for California’s top prosecutor.

While we were across the street grabbing a cup of Joe this cover story in the SF Weekly (a left wing neighborhood paper that would favor Harris as much as any periodical would) caught our eye:

A Lack of Conviction.

Apparently, if you are charged with murder in San Francisco, and decide to roll the dice on a jury trial, with Kamala Harris as the District Attorney you have a 50-50 chance of beating the rap. Even though Harris takes only the strongest cases to trial, and dismisses the rest:

"In the first quarter of 2010, things got worse. During that time, Harris' office secured guilty verdicts in just 53 percent of its felony trials — a remarkable figure, revealing that defendants accused of serious crimes who took their case to trial had an even one-in-two shot at winning an acquittal. By contrast, the most recent recorded statewide average was 83 percent, according to statistics from the California Judicial Council.

"The general decline in felony trial convictions has included more failures in murder cases specifically, according to records released by the D.A.'s office in response to a request from SF Weekly. From January 2009 through the end of last month, according to the records, Harris has obtained murder or voluntary manslaughter convictions for just 11 out of 20 homicide defendants at trial, with the rest acquitted or convicted on lesser charges."

Read the full SF Weekly cover story on Harris' courtroom record.

Read how Kamala Harris does not even know how many SF cops she convicted of crimes!

[That's right, up to 100 SF police officers have been convicted of crimes, and Harris cannot even tell the Chief of Police who those officers are!]

The bottom line is that if those of you in other counties want to step over drunks and drug addicts laying in the sidewalks, and you are against enforcing the laws on our books--like the death penalty for cop killers and serial killers--then Kamala Harris is YOUR cantidate for California Attorney General.

Which is why, no doubt, Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Harris for Attorney General.