zero. they re meaningless. and they re meaningless because you can t have an election where millions of your people don t have an ability to vote and they don t have the ability to contest the election and they have no choice. that was secretary of state john kerry earlier making clear his stance on yesterday s elections in syria. something critics are calling a blood election. according to new reports this afternoon, president assads, won all assad won 89 berz of the victory and he s expected to use that as a mandate to secure his hold on power even though his country is in its fourth year of civil war. yesterday s election was tightly held only in the regime and pro government rallies were staged at polling places by u workers bussed in. and as were ballots were being cast the war was being fought. warplanes bombed rebel held neighborhoods in damascus yesterday killing scores. calling these election a great
mistakes. at this point if ernst can pull this out cleanly, it s still probably on track either way. thanks very much. chris cillizza. voters are also heading to the polls in what they call an election in syria, assad and his wife cast their ballots at the school in damascus, in an election widely expected to easily give him another term and embolden his fight against insurgents in the brutal civil war. voting is only taking place in government controlled areas and although it s the first presidential election ever held with more than one candidate, the other two were vet and approved by assad. opposition groups are calling this a blood election. britain and france and turkey all joined the u.s. in calling this illeg willlegitimatillegit take things over