Even so, the votes are not even counted yet and John Boehner has said “mandate be damned — no new taxes on the wealthy!” even though that is THE linchpin of the Obama campaign.

Can we say “neo-fascist dictator” Boehner? Can I get an amen?

From Roxborough-ManayunkPatch

Linda Wolfe-Bateman, a Republican candidate for state representative in the 194th district, is also the 12th Ward Leader in Germantown. (one of the wards listed in the watchingtonexaminer.com story) She said she had to fight to seat a minority representative in one division earlier Tuesday.

However, she attributed the problem to a miscommunication.

“They didn’t tell the Democratic ward leaders this would happen, and a bunch of new people throughout the city came into the polls. I don’t think they knew what was going on,” she said.

That’s from a REPUBLICAN ward leader in the city and doesn’t quite jibe with the narrative that something wicked was afoot. The judge’s order cleared up the confusion. Hope everybody’s happy.

Porterhouse? Sounds good. I’m out the door to go have one. Will let you know how it tasted.

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Porterhouse medium rare, please.

OK, John, here’s a follow up:

“A Pennsylvania judge also issued an order Tuesday to reinstate Republican election officials across Philadelphia who allegedly were ejected or refused entry by on-site Democratic voting chief judges.

One Republican official claimed that “just under 70″ Republican election officials were blocked from Philadelphia polling sites Tuesday morning by Democrats on site. One of them, the official claimed, “was shoved out of the polling place.”

“For this many inspectors to be ejected from polling places is rare, even for Philadelphia,” the official told FoxNews.com.

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Elsewhere in the city, a representative from the New Black Panther Party was also spotted outside a polling site. The New Black Panthers stirred controversy in 2008 when members appeared outside a polling site, one of them holding a billy club.

The representative seen Tuesday, Jerry Jackson, was charged in the 2008 case along with Minister King Samir Shabazz, but later saw charges dropped by the Department of Justice. He was seen Tuesday wearing the group’s trademark black beret, combat-style uniform and heavy boots. “No comment,” Jackson said when approached by a reporter.

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The flap over the election judges, though, was widespread. Republicans claim they are obtaining a series of court orders to seat the so-called election “inspectors,” and sheriff’s deputies will be available to escort them.

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Despite the high number of officials who were allegedly booted, the dispute itself is not uncommon for Philadelphia. Fred Voigt, legal counsel for the city commissioners, said these kinds of face-offs happen “with regularity” in the City of Brotherly Love.

“It happens all the time,” Voigt said. He said court-appointed Republican officials typically show up on Election Day and end up squaring off against stand-in officials at the polling sites filling in the open seats. Part of the problem, he said, is that the Republican inspectors are appointed on relatively short notice, leading to a string of confrontations on Election Day.

“There are no cool heads here,” Voigt said.

The on-site election officials are responsible for verifying the identity of voters, and monitoring for signs of fraud or disenfranchisement.

FoxNews.com’s Joshua Rhett Miller, Judson Berger and Joseph Weber contributed to this report.

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Bet you a steak dinner, or cuisine of your choice, that this is an inaccurate story.

We have bipartisan agreement that the credentials of people dressed up in gorilla suits should be checked before they are allowed to vote.

Elwood, you’re a little slow on the trigger today. I was wondering how long it would take for you to pick up on that story — the one the video showing a lone, middle age NBPP dude, outside, opening the door for folks and, no doubt, intimidating the hell out of all the black voters showing up to vote.

Not that I think the dude should be there at all. However, that’s a bit different than Tea Party “True the Vote” people going into minority precincts, challenging voters and getting in their faces when they fill out paperwork. As in Columbus, OH where it got so bad that, even with Ohio’s electorally mischievous Secretary of State, they kicked them out.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/philly-gop-poll-inspectors-being-ousted-for-dems/article/2512714#.UJmF5IbF1ae