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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Herschel Rubin who wrote (2965)	11/29/2000 3:30:50 AM
From: Esvida	Respond to of 3887

Dream on! Make sure you don't use margin or have enough $ to cover. We will still be here months from now discussing the contest. The Dem are digging in. They have more to lose in giving in than pushing on until all options are out. Your option #2 is more likely to happen, but the Dem will contest in Congress. I think phillibusting is still an option and the Rep don't have enough votes to shut it down. We will be living under a caretaker president for a good while.

To: Herschel Rubin who wrote (2965)	11/29/2000 9:25:12 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? Because he can !! I happened to catch C-Span2 on cable last night and watched the Florida State legislature which had convened a 'hearing' to educate itself on Constitutional Law from a panel of 'experts' from academia; the purpose of which was to determine the likely course of future events and what options/ obligations were available/required of the Florida State Legislature going forward .. A Mr. Einer Eilague, professor at Harvard, spoke/advised for a good hour on his 'take' of the situation and from what I think I heard, the Dems are very close to setting up a 'win' when the electoral college votes Dec 12th .. One of the 'key' points he made that lead me to this conclusion were the ramifications of having a 'contest' of a 'certified' election .. which is the present situation .. The simple fact that there is an unresolved 'contest' according to Eilague is sufficient 'reason' to enjoin the Florida electors from participating in the Dec 12th vote .. regardless of wether at this point the elector slate is the Dem slate, the Republican slate, or a slate that the Florida legislature must appoint itself by/before midnight Dec 11 th .. It was his learned opinion from an examination of prior 'contests' of 'certified' elections that there was no way that this particular contest would be 'legally' settled by the Dec 11th midnight deadline .. Therefore, per the Constitution, the electoral college will vote Dec 12th without a "valid" Florida set of electors .. Should this eventuality occur .. Gore would win the electoral college 264 to 246 without Florida's electors I'm not a lawyer, but this fellow Eilague and a Mr. Voo from Stanford, I think, were in agreement with the above scenario; They also felt that the Florida legislature must by Federal Law appoint it's own slate of electors on or before Dec 12th; with a high probabilty that (a) there may not be enough time to conclude the process if they started today, (b) that the State selected electors would be easily challenged as to 'validity' .. all because the Democrats have initiated a 'contest' to a 'certified' election .. that was the key point .. Hope I'm wrong .. Jim in CT .. @moderate-independent-am-i.gov