Maricopa seems the key

It does seem to be the hill to die for, for the entire west.

I've been trying to construct a scenario where Kari Lake genuinely lost.  I meam, leaving aside the proven fraud, the vote flipping by machine, the ballot dumps, a dead man actually elected ... leaving all that side ... leaving aside that the Demrat candidate herself ran the election and footage shows her early next morning walking through the tally room, a certain disqualifier in itself in elections I've known .. leaving all that aside ... could she have actually lost, given the polling before the day had her miles ahead?

To make a case for that, you'd have to conjure up a Michelle Bachmann scenario ... uppity woman strides into Iowa with entourage and the grand entrance.  Many do not like that.  They have to say, openly, ra ra ra, we'll vote for her but secretly, on the day, enough get cold feet over the uppity woman.  I don't buy it but I can make out a case for it.

To rush to certify though, unanimously, ignoring all the serious questions and after all the anomalies ... nah ... sorry.  Cannot buy it.

There is another, more cynical argument for certifying. They can just say, with a grin: "Prove it."

When the Lake people then say: "Fine, let's audit," and the county says: "Nope ... prove it ..." then what is left to do?  It's the same in China and Iran, it's the same everywhere.  To overturn the fraud is, the Demonrats have ensured, an act of rebellion, sedition, a hanging offence.  

There are the short and curlies, right there. "Wotchoo gonna do about it?  We deny it, we certified. According to the rules.  You're going to overthrow an elected governor?

We're being forced, are we not, into an extreme position, as they shout at us 24/7.  Very, very clever crims, who know every nuance of the game back to front.  Compared to us amateurs.  Wot we gonna do about it?

Who will give the call, citoyens?