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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (4491)12/4/2000 5:21:06 AM
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............A bit of media wisdom says the election was a "tie," and therefore Mr. Gore is entitled to this legal jihad. And in a statistical sense, with six million votes cast in Florida and 100 million in America, the result was a tie. But there have been many such ties in American history, and no candidate for President has ever behaved like Mr. Gore. Nearly all narrow losers for much lesser offices bow out gracefully. They understand that for democracy to succeed losers must ratify the legitimacy of the winner.

It's time someone told Mr. Gore that he cannot become President. Even if he prevails in one of his lawsuits to add votes (Miami-Dade and Palm Beach), or in a proxy Democratic suit to subtract votes (Seminole), he will probably be trumped by the Florida legislature. The constitutionality of this was made clear by none other than Justice David Souter last Friday. He argued that the U.S. Supreme Court had no role in this case because the law already makes clear how Congress can settle such electoral disputes. This implies a role for the Florida legislature that is already preparing to vote the state's electors for Mr. Bush.

The only question left is how bloody-minded Mr. Gore wants to be. He can fight on and on, losing in the end but doing great damage to Mr. Bush, to his own reputation and to our democracy. Or he can salvage some honor and pack it in.

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