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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (89845)	11/27/2000 1:00:50 PM
From: Jerry Miller	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

hi Srex, the basic question before the FLSC last week was whether to allow the state to accept hand recounted ballots in the presidential contest. they ruled that hand recounted ballots must be included, otherwise a portion of the citizenry is disenfranshised. their decision to move the certification date from November 14th, to November 26th, was made to facilitate their ruling. it appears to be that simple. the fact that Bush has gone to the Supreme Court claiming that FLSC overstepped its bounds, by moving the certification date is a technical move that in no way speaks to the issue at the heart of the ruling: counting all of the votes. it's almost as if Bush is wasting the USSC's time with this. because if they rule only on what is contained in the briefs, it will have absolutely no bearing on current events. we're already in the Contest phase now. you can't have a contest phase until you have certification. so if the USSC rules that the FLSC moved the certification date illegally, and Harris goes back and certifies the results from November 14th, it doesn't matter. we're already in the contest phase. if the USSC rules that the FLSC was correct in allowing additional time, based on their original decision, it still doesn't matter. we're already in the contest phase. now if the USSC says the FLSC's decision to allow hand recounts was unconstitutional, (not a chance) then it would probably be over. as for "looking presidential" i think this business of the Gov. asking for transition funds, and appointing chiefs of staff while the battle rages, has him ignoring the process. meantime he's been beaten to the punch, legally, at just about every turn. Gore has more at stake here than ego. he has a responsibility to the party, and to everyone who voted for him, (the majority who voted) to exhaust every legal possibility where questions have been raised. no matter how beaten down one candidate might look from one day to the next, this is still a long way from being over.