The Trial Lawyers' answer

Pennsylvania's governor has defeated a request by the Justice Dept. for "delivery of a second absentee ballot and a two-week extension for the counting of military and overseas ballots cast in the November presidential election."

Rendell's general counsel cited the judge's holding for the proposition that "ruling that the proposal by the Federal Government would have 'invited unpredictability to an otherwise orderly and time tested elections process . . .�"

I hadn't realized that predictability and orderliness was a concern of the Democrats. It sounds to me like they want the courts to decide this election, despite grousing about Bush's being "appointed, not elected" since 2000. When's the last time lawyers made things more predictable and orderly? I'm not too sure that more lawyers will really do much more than muddy things up more than before.