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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TraderGreg who wrote (1527)	11/10/2000 11:31:53 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Re: Who gets involved Ironically, the person in the best position to weigh in here is Bill Clinton. As president, his sworn duty is to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States". The courts are reluctant to insert themselves into what is essentially a political dispute. What we have here is basically a statistical dead heat in the popular vote with neither candidate being able to claim the mantle of a majority. Questions have been raised about the voting in certain areas of Florida, but similar questions could be raised in any number of other states and if the lawyers on both sides are given free reign there is no way the wrangling will be settled by January 20th. If the official Florida recount confirms Bush's victory, no matter how slender, then unless Gore concedes I expect Clinton to take him aside and convince him that it is better to withdraw now with honor and preserve his 2004 election chances than to drag the country through a constitutional crisis and forever ruin both his political future as well as place a final stain on the Clinton-Gore administration's legacy.