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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency?

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To: MasonS who wrote (643)	11/16/2000 12:06:13 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) of 3887

Don't think the Dems haven't gotten to her. They probably have a whole team assigned to each elector. ***************************************** Chance remark shakes balance FROM DANIEL MCGRORY IN MIAMI A CHANCE remark by a woman with a key role in the choice of President threatened to sabotage George W. Bush’s chances yesterday. Obsessed with chasing law suits, the Republican high command forgot to check with the 25 party faithful who comprise their Electoral College delegates to confirm that they will vote for Mr Bush when they meet next month. But then Berta Moralejo, a 52-year-old grandmother, let slip that she is so troubled by all this wrangling that she is dithering over who to back. There is no law obliging her to back Mr Bush, even if he wins the disputed popular vote in Florida, and Mrs Moralejo said in a television interview: “It’s a free country. Nobody has contacted me yet. Nobody said you have to vote Republican, so I’ll go on my own will.” This hint of rebellion sent Republicans scurrying around to ensure that no other delegates were about to break ranks. A party official refused to say whether Governor Bush had telephoned Mrs Moralejo but by last night she was, in the party’s words, “firmly on side”. She insisted that she had not been leant on. The Democrats seized on Mrs Moralejo’s remarks as evidence that some of their opponents are uneasy about the tactics being used to stifle recounts and legal battles. Mrs Moralejo, who moved to Florida from Cuba in 1962, was astounded last night at the constitutional crisis she had provoked. Only seven Electoral College delegates have deserted their party in the past century, and they did not matter because the results were a foregone conclusion.This time it is much closer and the vote of every delegate counts. Mrs Moralejo insists that she will not defect. Yesterday both parties were considering making “courtesy calls” to their 25 Florida delegates to ensure that there was no more wavering. thetimes.co.uk

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