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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency?
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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (1304)11/19/2000 9:23:50 PM
From: Proud_Infidel   of 3887
 
TIME: Christopher and Daley Prepared to Scuttle Effort

TIME magazine reports that late last week, Gore campaign chairman Bill Daley and former Secretary of State Warren Christopher quietly informed the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate, Dick Gephardt and Tom Daschle, that if Gore couldn't win on the hand recounts, the campaign would fold its tent.

Sources cautioned that "the principals aren't there yet"--Gore and Joe Lieberman weren't yet ready to go along--"but they will be." Daley and Christopher would find a way to get the message to them, TIME reports in its current issue (on newsstands Monday, Nov. 20th).

Gephardt feared that if Florida's secretary of state Katherine Harris certified a Bush victory, House Democrats would start abandoning Gore.

"People are saying, Enough is enough," a leading Democrat said Friday. "It's time to be a good loser." To buy time, Gephardt organized a Friday-afternoon conference call for Lieberman and House Democrats. About 120 phoned in to hear Lieberman's pep talk.

At 4 p.m., as he was making his case to the members, Gore strategist Bob Shrum broke in with some startling news: the Florida Supreme Court had forbidden Harris to certify the vote on Saturday. The court wanted to hear arguments from both sides on Monday. Lieberman responded: "All right!"
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