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

To: Joe NYC who wrote (2339)	11/16/2000 12:24:04 AM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

foxnews.com WASHINGTON — With no clear end to Florida's election chaos in sight, tensions are rising, even within Al Gore's camp. Sources close to the vice president told FOX News that his longtime adviser Peter Knight has been told by several key donors that they don't have open wallets with unlimited cash, and that they want the election turmoil to end in the next few days. Knight has held two conference calls with about 75 supporters and donors to raise $3 million to pay for lawyers to take their case in Florida to the courts. As the race drags on, however, that cost could rise. Sources said that in the last call, some donors told Knight they were running out of patience. Sources close to Gore also told FOX News that this week members of Gore's campaign staff called Sens. John Breaux, D-La, and Robert Torricelli, D-NJ, to express their anger over the senators' public comments that the Florida situation should not drag out much longer because it could damage the legitimacy of the presidency. "The pressure on someone is going to be enormous to accept whatever result Florida has reached, and that falls equally on both parties," Torricelli told FOX News Sunday this week. And Gore is getting some pressure from within his own family. Close friends of the vice president told FOX News that Gore's oldest daughter Karenna, one of his key advisers, has been telling her father to show restraint for the good of the country, and that whatever the outcome, he must accept the decision of the courts. In addition, the Gore campaign is relieved that future New York Senator Hillary Clinton is out of the country right now attending memorial services in Israel for the wife of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Sources in the campaign said they felt Clinton was a polarizing figure who riled up Republicans and the public last week when she said she would introduce legislation in the Senate to abolish the electoral college. FOXNews.com's Sharon Kehnemui contributed to this report