The Las Vegas Sun about the votes Algore has picked up thanks to the endless string of Florida recounts. A UNLV economics
professor looked into the votes that had been "found" for Algore and compared
them to a statistical model of the number of new votes. The results confirmed the
suspicions of many.
Writes Jace Radke of The Sun, "At one in 49 million,
the chances of hitting Megabucks on one spin are
slim, but not as slim as the odds that Vice President
Al Gore would make up as much ground as he has in
the Florida recount, according to a UNLV study.
"Economics professor Tom Carroll began running
statistical equations Thursday on the net gains both
Gore, who gained more than 2,200 votes, and Texas
Gov. George W. Bush, who added about 700 votes,
have made in the recount. He found that the
statistical chances for such large and different totals
to occur as a result of random glitches was less than
infinitesimal."
"'The probability of being struck by lightning is about one in a million,' Carroll said. 'The
same person would have to be hit by lightning 30 times to compare with what we've seen
in this recount.'"
Doesn't this get to the nub of all this? The experts all say that it's so rare a recount
overturns a result that it's not worth mentioning, but look how close Algore has come to
winning. He's picked up 2,200 votes!
Now, a lot of you across the fruited plain are asking, "Where were these 2,200 votes the
first time? Gore picked up 600 or 700 votes in Palm Beach County alone. How do you
miss that many votes the first time around?"
People are getting fed up with all these lawsuits and tumult. Now, I don't know if this will
matter in terms of who the public blames, or if their blame even matters. The only way
the people's anger could be a factor is if this anger rises to a fever pitch, forcing someone
to take an action to end this.
What's clear to me out of all of this is that the Gore camp cannot get to where they want
to go without doing something about the law. The law is in their way. They've got to go to
court because this or that law - like a stoplight - is in their way.
They can't wait for the light to change. They've got to cut it down. |
