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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6759)	11/19/2000 1:06:40 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

It is difficult to argue with that: A respected Judge rules that she was using legal discretion. Anyone having watched the original realizes that there was almost no ammunition from the other side (not on this issue). I suppose in a way this does not matter a great deal. I want to hit England for a month next summer.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6759)	11/19/2000 3:31:47 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

That was my point exactly. She had the authority, and thus should have taken the governor's lead by recusing herself. One thing that is clear to me as a result of this discussion is that, as I said earlier, the Florida election laws are a mess. In addition to the conflicting statutes I pointed out earlier, there is no statewide standard for what type of chads should be counted in a manual recount, and there is no requirement that manual recounts for statewide offices should be conducted on a statewide basis, which creates the obvious potential for inequity. Considering all that, is it any wonder that the parties are at each other's throats in the canvassing boards, the courts, and the media?