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From:	ew1usnrr (199.73.152.100)
Subject:	Huckabee has been blocked by the machine.
Date:	February 11, 2008 at 7:28 am PST

This really stinks. If I had voted for Huckabee, there would be no way that I would vote for McCaine if he "wins" the nomination. I'm furious about this and I didn't vote for Huckabee.

Washington State vote like the Soviet Union
Posted: 10:29 AM ET

(CNN) — Mike Huckabee continued to cry foul Monday over the results in Saturday’s Washington State GOP caucuses, saying the state party chairman's decision to call the race there early for John McCain is reminiscent of elections in communist bloc nations.

"That is not what we do in American elections," Huckabee said on CNN's American Morning Monday. "Maybe that's how they used to conduct it in the old Soviet Union, but you don't just throw people's votes out and say, 'well, we're not going to bother counting them because we kind of think we know where this was going.'

In a statement released Sunday, Huckabee's campaign said Washington's GOP Party Chairman Luke Esser called the race for McCain when Huckabee was only losing to the Arizona senator by 242 votes and over 1,500 votes remained to be counted. Esser has said he remains confident he made the right call.

Speaking on CNN, Huckabee said the campaign has sent lawyers to the state to formally challenge the result.

"I was just stunned," Huckabee said. "It's the kind of thing that Republicans across America, not just in Washington State, ought to be outraged over."

The former Arkansas governor also brushed aside McCain's claim of being the presumptive nominee, citing his wins in Kansas and Louisiana over the weekend.

"As long as my guys are waving their pompons, we'll stay on the field," he said of his White House bid.

• Washington State Vote like the Soviet Union