WaPo: “Grim Resignation” In Kari Lake War Room

Apparently, according to The Washington Post (at MSN) the vibes in Kari Lake’s war bunker… er … room have slowed “from giddy anticipation to grim resignation” as the vote totals coming out of Maricopa County have not been, and almost certainly will not be, favorable enough to her to overcome Katie Hobbs 26,000 vote advantage coming into tonight:

“Within Lake’s war room, where the mood has shifted in the past week from giddy anticipation to grim resignation, discussions have centered on how Lake should speak about a loss. Among those who have made appearances are some of the biggest names in Trump’s orbit, including Stephen K. Bannon and Christina Bobb, a former One America News anchor who aided a review of 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County after the 2020 election. Trump himself called in on Sunday.

Discussions have ranged from how Lake could acknowledge a loss to whether she should adopt Trump’s playbook and claim the election was stolen from her. Some want her message to center on problems with printers on Election Day that affected 30 percent of polling sites.

“Nobody is advocating to go storm the castle,” one person familiar with the discussions said, while multiple people said the conversations were fluid and that anger about the process on Election Day was pronounced.

People around Lake have told her it would not be in her best interest to claim the election was stolen. They have also warned of possible harm to Arizona, and the country more broadly, if the state became home to a resurgent “Stop the Steal” movement. Others have cautioned against disrupting the ongoing count and decided that there is little the campaign can meaningfully do to change the outcome.”

Gee, Kari, I don’t know if talking about a stolen election would be too good for your political future… as election deniers did not win a single contest in a purple state last week.

Perhaps you should admit defeat gracefully and position yourself to run against Senator thrift store Barbie in two years.

But who am I kidding, that’s as likely to happen as you winning tonight.

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The numbers do indeed look grim:

Some scenarios for the vote drops in the #AZGOV race tonight:

If Hobbs wins Pima 65/35
Lake must win Maricopa 68/32

Hobbs w Pima 60/40
Lake needs 66/34

Hobbs w Pima 55/45
Lake needs 64/36

Hobbs-Lake tie Pima
Lake needs 62/38 in MC

If Lake wins Pima 55/45
Lake needs 59/41

— Trey Terry (@treyterry) November 14, 2022

Hobbs has consistently tallied at least 60% of the vote in Pima County (Tucson) meaning that you’ll need two thirds of the drop from Maricopa tonight to win.

And that’s not happening.

But that doesn’t mean you have to blow up your political career by going full drumpf and showing your whole ass, Kari.

Maybe after you get your butt handed to you later you could even drop the MAGA act and apologize to your drag queen friends, call President Obama, whom you once admired, get some good advice, and try to remake yourself as a halfway decent person.

Beats sucking’ on a Mauser.