New York Times: “After a week marked by mounting accusations of partisan skulduggery, mismanagement and even potential illegality, at least one Republican supporter of the new count said it could not end soon enough. ‘It makes us look like idiots,’ State Senator Paul Boyer, a Republican from suburban Phoenix who supported the audit, said on Friday. ‘Looking back, I didn’t think it would be this ridiculous. It’s embarrassing to be a state senator at this point.'”