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

To: Cola Can who wrote (3037)	11/30/2000 11:24:07 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

Apparently Gore's attorney's are not too familiar with something called the Constitution: Gore Seeks to Block Legislature's Naming Presidential Electors Thursday, November 30, 2000 Al Gore's attorneys on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature from appointing its own slate of presidential electors loyal to George W. Bush. This legal maneuver occurred as a convoy of ballots was making its way to Tallahassee, Fla., where the Gore camp made a separate request, this time to the Florida Supreme Court, for an immediate recount of the ballots. A yellow Ryder truck carrying over 450,000 Palm Beach County presidential election ballots and flanked by security escorts set out on a 400-mile road trip to the state capital. Another truckload of ballots was leaving from Miami on Friday. "I think the ballots are going to be like the O.J. Bronco ride," deadpanned Democratic lawyer Dennis Newman, in advance of the trip. This punchcard parade was ordered by Florida Circuit Judge N. Saunders Sauls in case he decides to begin another recount of the disputed ballots — 1 million of them in total — after a Saturday hearing. Colin Braley/AP Wednesday: Gore campaign attorneys Kendall Coffey, left, and David Boies talk during a hearing in Tallahassee, Fla. The Gore team's request to the U.S. Supreme Court comes after a committee of the Florida Legislature held hearings this week into the possibility of stepping into the disputed presidential election if it remains unresolved by Dec. 12, the federal deadline for setting a state's electors. "Any state legislative attempt simply to appoint electors after the fact would appear to be federally pre-empted," Gore's lawyers wrote. As for Gore's appeal to the state Supreme Court for an immediate recount, his lawyers said it was an attempt to bypass Judge Sauls' potentially more lengthy process in which a recount is not guaranteed. The legal moves were prompted by concern among Gore's advisers that he needs a swift court victory to prevent an erosion of public support. Who's Winning the P.R. Battle? The public may be a little more patient than it was before the vice president launched a blitz of media appearances this week. In a CBS poll released Wednesday night, 42 percent of those surveyed said Gore should concede, but 48 percent said it was too early for that. "It's an amazing story, isn't it," the vice president marveled Wednesday, 22 days after the votes were cast so inconclusively. M. Spencer Green/AP Wednesday: Cheney answers questions at a news conference in Washington, D.C. Republicans hoped not. "The fact is that the election in Florida's been counted, it's been recounted, it's been certified," Bush running mate Dick Cheney said Wednesday. "And we've got to get on with the business of putting together a government." Cheney announced that he and retired Gen. Colin Powell would visit Bush at his ranch in Texas on Thursday. That immediately stoked speculation that Powell would become secretary of state in a Bush administration. Powell has told associates that if offered the post he would accept, although Cheney said no announcement was imminent. The vice president made plain that he, too, was preparing to govern, meeting Wednesday with running mate Joseph Lieberman, transition director Roy Neel, Labor Secretary Alexis Herman and Kathleen McGinty, former head of the White House environment office. Both McGinty and Herman are in line for senior positions in a Gore administration. Gore: Paper or Plastic? Win McNamee/Reuters Wednesday: Gore and Lieberman say farewell following a meeting about the transition process in Washington, D.C. At the heart of the vice president's legal claim are thousands of questionable ballots in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties that Democrats say have not yet been counted, and were not included in the manual recount totals submitted to Harris last weekend. "They haven't been counted. It's just like the supermarket checkout line, where that scanner misses some of the items and the clerk has to go back and write it in by hand," Gore said Wednesday. Republicans counter the votes have been counted, but the counting machines didn't find they contained a valid for president. — The Associated Press contributed to this report