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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (85669)	11/17/2000 11:24:29 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Skeets, A couple of corrections: Gore never requested a machine recount(it's not an electronic recount, that's part of the problem); it happened automatically under Florida election law. It dropped Bush's lead from 1700+ to 300+. Each party had 72 hours to request further recounts. The Democrats did so where they thought it could help them; the Republicans chose not to do so. Under Florida law, you can't just request a whole state recount, there has to be some probable cause (like a high number of invalidated ballots) for each county where you request the recount. Since the Republicans are trying to stop the clock, their line is "Gore has requested recount after recount after recount". But it's not so. He has requested a manual recount in certain Democratic counties, according to Florida law. Since the Democrats really believe (and I think Bush does too) that an accurate manual recount of the Florida vote would give Gore the election, the Republicans have no choice but to fight all manual recounts; they cannot agree even to a statewide recount because they would very likely lose it. That said, I certainly agree that both men are political whores. What else do you expect in a system that requires a presidential candidate to prostitute himself for two solid years before an election?