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To: Randy Ellingson who wrote (111842)	11/14/2000 3:00:27 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Randy: I don't think it will be anywhere near that complicated. The votes counted by this Saturday are most like it -- done -- over. There is no basis to request further recounts in Florida. It is now, quite simply, a horse race. On Saturday we will learn who gained more votes this week -- Gore with his recounts or Bush with his mail-in ballots -- and then its done and over. Period - no other States -- no other challenges worth mentioning. Come next Monday there will be a president elect.

To: Randy Ellingson who wrote (111842)	11/14/2000 3:20:59 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

This is, I think, a real effect now: Second, the ongoing drama of recounting of votes in the U.S. presidential election may be distracting shoppers from focusing on the holidays. Randy, I believe this no effect on retail. It is an excuse to explain the drop in consumer spending which is caused by higher interest rates and not a good return in the market. Not such a bad resolution, really. The winner can honestly feel fairly, if narrowly, elected, and the loser can know just how close it was. This may be but with the technology today, a recount should never be necessary. Apparently a new system for the future needs to be implimented. Glenn