Re: statewide handcounts..." I think it unlikely that Bush would agree to it."
Right. Well, not exactly. Well, not now anyway, later, for sure, he would.
You see, Bush will continue to fight hand-counts as unreliable, but also POINTING OUT AS HE HAS again and again, that selective counts are unfair(this purely is BEGGING for hand-counts by Bush, you see?).
But for now, Bush's path is to get the federal courts to barr selective hand-counts(this itself potentially leading to state-wide recounts), or failing that, to get his winning results certified Friday and let Gore sue the results to death. At least that is, essentially, a level playing field ending arrived at by the existing process that's taken place.
I'm sure Bush plans to concede if Gore gets his way with the unbalanced hand-counts he is claiming. If the authorities that be offer a statewide hand-count(Gore hasn't that power), Bush will certainly accept it, unless he somehow calculates ahead of time he'd lose, at which point he'd also concede. Otherwise, either loser would concede when it's clear from the hand-count he's lost.
Dan B |
