What a mess!
On the other hand this charade has given us a number of celebrations
in lieu of a simple, one time, election night celebration.
Early election eve the hopes for a Biden electoral landside was
squashed when Florida was called for Trump
But there were hopeful signs - Biden was leading in NV and AZ, in range
in MI and WI and he won one electoral college vote from eastern Nebraska.
This last was key because it meant if Biden could win MI and WI and maintain
his leads in other states then he had 270 without the remaining swing
states of PA, GA and NC.
In the early AM Biden pulled ahead in MI. It was now all
about WI. At about 3:00 AM Milwaukee county updated their numbers, mostly
from mail-ins and Biden was now ahead! Recall that a poll about 2
weeks prior Biden up by 17 percentage points!? He was now ahead by less
than 1 percent. But that was enough. This was celebration number
1.
As the days passed it seemed likely than Biden would also win
PA. Meanwhile he maintained his lead in AZ and NV and now looked like he
had a shot in GA. On Saturday the media outlets called PA and declared
Biden the winner. (Most outlets had not called AZ, some had not called
NV). Now NV and PA were called and we were are 279 and climbing.
This was celebration number 2. People literally danced in the streets.
Biden was leading in GA but the margin was close enough to require
an automatic recount. A few days later the recount confirmed
GA. About the same time AZ was called. All states now called
and we were are 306. Celebration number 3.
Meanwhile all of Trump's court cases were being summarily
dismissed. Trump backers claimed fraud in press conferences but not
in court. This was capped by Giuliani making unfounded claims at the Four
Seasons landscape company in an industrial section of PA. It was a riot.
Celebration number 4.
Second recount in GA and Trump paid for a partial recount in
WI. Both confirmed Biden's win. Celebration number 5.
Another presser with the crazy Sidney Powell and the melting
Giuliani. This was a howler. Not much to celebrate but certainly
something to laugh about.
With all the law suits and recounts no votes were
disqualified. It is now Dec 8. "safe harbor" day and it's
over. That Trump and some of this crazed supporters think that it isn't but
there is nothing to worry about. It just continues to get more
embarrassing for Trump and the alt-right.
But we get at least two more celebrations. Dec 14th when the
electors vote and then again on inauguration day.
