Democrats join calls for Gore to concede
Opinion polls in the US show the public are becoming
increasingly tired with the prolonged Presidential
election and want Al Gore to throw in the towel.
Some leading Democrats are saying in public for the
first time that enough is enough.
Gene Taylor, a Democratic Representative from
Mississippi, says he will vote for Republican George W
Bush if the election gets thrown into the House of
Representatives, a possibility if neither candidate has
secured a majority of the electoral votes by January 6.
Mr Taylor's top aide, Wayne Weidie, said: "We have
probably been getting a couple of hundred e-mails,
calls, faxes and letters a day - and 98% of them are
pro-Bush and want Gore to give it up."
Mr Taylor said: "I will vote the way the majority of my
constituents in the Fifth Congressional District voted.
And in this case, Governor Bush carried the district."
Charles Stenholm, a Democratic Representative from
Texas, said, "More and more people, Democrats as
well as Republicans, are calling saying it's getting time
to end it."
He says Gore is doing his best in his PR blitz - three
TV appearances in 24 hours - but is failing to sway
voters.
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