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To: Rappin1 who wrote (19299)	11/29/2000 4:03:50 PM
From: stockman17	Respond to of 26039

OT Rappin, >>I know, I know, Bush had a chance to do the same and how big of a mess would that have been? That, IMO, is why the Republicans didn't request it. It would have been less of a mess by far. Especially if the ground rules were set ahead of time. I think that if all votes were being considered the standards (dimpled, pregnant, whatever) would be easier to agree on. >>My contention remains, if you re-count the whole state of Florida Bush still wins. I think it would be a great gesture and a PR coup for the Republicans to say they would recount the entire state, starting now, and drop all of this foot-dragging. If the Democrats balked it would sure change my mind about who is behaving badly here. More important than the winner here is that the count is done as completely and as accurately as possible. Regards, Stockman17

To: Rappin1 who wrote (19299)	11/29/2000 4:18:22 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

"My contention remains, if you re-count the whole state of Florida Bush still wins. By counting only a few Democratic counties, of course Gore has a chance to win. I know, I know, Bush had a chance to do the same and how big of a mess would that have been? That, IMO, is why the Republicans didn't request it." I disagree. The same Republicans who were investigating their chances of broadening recounts to Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico and Oregon, also knew that the highest rates of machine-uncountable punch card ballots correlated with the Gore strongholds in the State of Florida. When the mechanical recount went forward, a number of counties had no or insignificant changes. They were the generally Republican areas that used optical scanners and other, newer technologies. This twist was reported at least a week ago.