Strange or not, it’s annoying.

Rollins said he was not accusing the McCain campaign of anything, but said Washington Republican State Party Chairman Luke Esser suspended voting with only 87 percent of the votes counted, and then issued a press release declaring McCain the victor. When Huckabee campaign officials reached Esser Sunday, he said the rest of the votes would be counted today and refused requests for the campaign to monitor the tallying, Rollins said, adding Esser said the campaign should trust the party.

“At this point of time, I want to make sure that every vote is counted, and I’m not accusing anyone of mischief at this time; I’m accusing someone of bad judgment,” he said.

I’m accusing Mike Huckabee of bad judgement, is that news? (I’m getting petty with the Huckabee posts, but I’m really tired of seeing the guy)

Other reaction: Ace of Spades HQ | Locomotive Breath 1901 | Michelle Malkin |

Update 2:14PM CST: This from the Corner. I’ll cut to the chase.

On Sunday, more votes came in. Last night, the state posted an updated total: with 93.3 percent of precincts reporting, McCain led with 25.4 percent, and Huckabee had 23.8 percent. So the gap between the two men, which had been 1.8 percentage points on Saturday, had narrowed to 1.6 percent.

Today, state officials are receiving more results, and they hope to post them by 4:30 p.m. local time, 7:30 in the east. They tell me they do not expect the final result to change: it was close, but John McCain is the winner.

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