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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joe S Pack who wrote (5237)	11/8/2000 11:19:00 PM
From: KyrosL	Respond to of 10042

I fully agree on both counts. I think the spectacle of a president that has not been popularly elected will be enough to trigger the process to change the constitution. In time, even Bush and the Republicans will come to realize this. I can see a challenge to the legitimacy of a Bush presidency in the media and the world that will make governing almost impossible. By the way, I don't think that Gore and the Democrats would have behaved any differently, had they won the electoral but not the popular vote. It's the law of the land after all -- one fit for the 18th century. Interestingly, Shields revealed in Lehrer News Hour today that the Republicans were preparing an elaborate legal challenge to the legitimacy of a Gore presidency, had Gore won the electoral but not the popular vote, which according to the pundits was the more probable outcome. Kyros