Josh Marshall over at Talking Points Memo notes that the state GOP stopped releasing its caucus results yesterday with only 87% reported and Huckabee and McCain separated by less than 2%. Then, it put out a press release declaring McCain the winner. McCain's supposed to be the party nominee now, but Kansas and Washington Republicans apparently didn't get the memo. This could only get worse when primary ballots are counted Feb. 19, because half the delegates will be chosen from those results.
Update 3 p.m.
“The Huckabee campaign is deeply disturbed by the obvious irregularities in the Washington State Republican precinct caucuses. It is very unfortunate that the Washington State Party Chairman, Luke Esser, chose to call the race for John McCain after only 87 percent of the vote was counted. According to CNN, the difference between Senator McCain and Governor Huckabee is a mere 242 votes, out of more than 12,000 votes counted—with another 1500 or so votes, apparently, not counted. That is an outrage."
From David Postman at the Seattle Times.
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