I heard a pretty good news report on KPFA tonight [View All]

here in the SF Bay Area, we have the oldest lefty station in the nation -- KPFA from Berkeley, broadcasting for progressives since 1949.

Anyway, they did a pretty good news segment on seating Bush's electors about mid-way through their newshour tonight 6-7 p.m. on 1/4/05. I guess they caught up with Jesse J. on Capitol Hill today, because they interviewed him. Jesse even mentioned "how could the exit polls be correct in 47 states and incorrect in 3 pivotal states, Florida, Ohio and PA?" Then they interviewed Senator Durbin, who said something to the effect of "we wish the outcome could be different, but with over 100,000 extra votes for Bush in Ohio, there's no way he sees that long lines and irregularities could change anything."

Then, they interviewed Senator Clinton. The interviewer asked her if she was considering standing up with John Conyers on Thursday and refuse to allow Ohio's electors to be seated for Bush? She said she hadn't heard anything about that?! She said she admired John Conyers work on vote reform, but that she hadn't heard anything about a challenge. She said she would look into it.

Finally, they interviewed Senator Ted Kennedy. He said he knew about it but hadn't decided whether he would contest or not.

They mentioned Bob Lytel and Redefeatbush, who said they were counting on Barbara Boxer to be the first one to challenge the electors on Thursday, and then hopefully more Senators will follow.

The segment lasted for about 10 minutes, and it was the best news report I've heard yet on this issue.