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

To: Vendit™ who wrote (2601)	11/18/2000 9:37:46 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6710

Hi Vendit, should Gore escalate this beyond the state or Florida. When I read this I got apprehensive, it sounded like the militia view about to be espoused. Your comment about the House was rather tame in relation to what I thought might be coming. I was gratified by the civility of your comment. I was prepared for far worse in view of the shrillness of the GOP attack on process this afternoon. Here's my prediction. Bush is handed the election and the Dems in the House and Senate are handed a conciliatory place at the table in a bi-partisan display that the parties can play nice after all. Too much is at stake for both of them. If they allow this bickering to continue for too long, i.e. until we really do have a constitutional crisis, then the people will get so pissed off that we will en masse join one of two third party efforts, one to spring from the Greens and another out of the ashes of the Reform party. And that is a fate the Dems and Cans simply cannot abide by. The gravy train is far too good to give up for the mere sake of one disputed election. The mechanism will be a split decision by the Florida Supremes, with the final tilt being toward a higher standard of certainty required for the hand re-count which will supress the Goristas in favor of the Bushies. Remember, you heard it here first. :) Best, Ray