Huckabee: “Weird Things” Going On

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As we have mentioned, the Washington State GOP stopped counting caucus returns last night after only 87% of the caucuses were counted and declared John McCain the winner, even though his lead over Mike Huckabee was a mere 1.8%.

Huckabee is not conceding the state yet because, as he put it on Meet the Press this morning, there are some “weird things” going on:

Late Update: One TPM reader finds no end of irony here:

Nice to know the Repubs have progressed from 2000 where they refused to count Democratic votes, to 2008 where they are now refusing to count their own votes.

Ba-da-bum.

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