The Coming Gore Air War
How the Democrats Plan to Subvert the Electoral College
By Michael Long
GORE WINS the popular vote. Bush wins the electoral vote. That's what's likely. And now Gore will spend the rest of that DNC soft money of his in the campaign of his life to subvert the Electoral College.
You didn't think he was just going to take this lying down, did you?
The Democrats are about to launch their biggest, dirtiest campaign in modern history. This is the one that you'll tell your grandkids about.
The Supreme Court would immediately rebuff any Democrat effort to subvert the system of the Electoral College outside of constitutional amendment. The lefty justices on the east side of the Capitol may be hearty ideologues, but even they will defend this obvious bit of constitutional writ. Al Gore knows that, too. So how will he get the Electoral College to go his way?
It's as easy as demagoguery. He'll even get some conservatives to come tagging along for him in the name of the great good public.
As early as this weekend, expect Al Gore to launch a massive media campaign -- commercials, interviews, whisper campaigns, maybe even a repeat of the kind of travel he's done personally for the last year. And the message will be this: I am Al Gore, and I won the popular vote for the presidency of the United States. The electors in your state have an obligation to enforce the will of the people. Contact your electors and tell them that you want them to vote in the Electoral College for Al Gore, the popularly elected president of the United States.
Expect the focus to be twofold. First, Gore will focus on the states where electors are not bound by statute to vote for the candidate on whose behalf they were elected. Second, and most important, Gore will take his case directly to the people. He will say that their will is being subverted, that they elected him properly and honestly and by a majority, and that the Republicans are about to take away even their right to say who leads them.
It will be powerful, and it might just be successful. The media will support Gore's effort, and the usual crowd of subservient, liberal academics will, too. They'll sign full-page ads in the Washington Post and the New York Times, saying that the will of the people is about to be tossed away by an anachronistic system over two centuries old. Look for a couple of ex-presidents (you know who you are, gentlemen) to turn the pressure on with public statements and Gore support for his dirty little campaign.
Finally, expect the case to be made that subverting the will of the people is getting to be the Republican way of doing business.
First, so they will say, the Republicans tried to overthrow the popularly elected president by impeachment against what the people said they wanted. Now they are trying to steal an election outright away from the people.
This kind of case is exactly why the rule of law is so important -- the very rule of law that Republicans suffered to protect during impeachment. What a surprise that the question of whether or not Bill Clinton truly undercut the rule of law in the mind of the people will be answered so soon.
Sadly, I fear we already know the outcome.
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