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

To: PartyTime who wrote (100082)	12/4/2000 11:04:13 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Poll Finds Public Favors Hand Counts _____Post-ABC Poll_____ By Richard Morin and Claudia Deane Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, December 4, 2000; Page A20 Most Americans want thousands of disputed South Florida ballots to be counted by hand and a majority of the public wants the Florida legislature and the Congress to stay out of the presidential election, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. But the survey also found that 57 percent of those interviewed said that Vice President Gore should concede the election and allow Gov. George W. Bush to assume the presidency, largely unchanged from a Post-ABC News poll conducted one week ago. Forty percent said Gore should continue to contest the election in court. And 2 to 1, Americans say they disapprove of the way that the Gore campaign is handling the post-election controversy while about half expressed support for the conduct of the Bush campaign. The poll also found that a growing number of Americans believe the controversies surrounding the Florida vote have revealed "serious problems" in the way America elects its president. Half the country questions whether the votes in Florida have been counted accurately. A total of 757 randomly selected adults nationwide were interviewed last night. Margin of sampling error for the overall results is plus or minus 4 percentage points. The practical difficulties of doing a survey in a single night pose additional potential sources of error in this survey. The survey found Americans continue to be deeply split along party lines with Democrats staunchly behind Gore and Republicans strongly supporting Bush. But in other key ways, public opinion appears less predictable. On one hand, most Americans now seem to be willing to accept a Gore concession. At the same time, a majority seems agreeable to a selective hand recount that could give the vice president the win in Florida – and the presidency. According to the survey, 57 percent said a hand recount of votes in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties should be completed and included in the final tally while 41 percent disagreed. In follow-up interviews, several poll respondents said they wanted the contested ballots to be tallied by hand – but didn't want indented or partially perforated ballots to be counted as legitimate votes.

To: PartyTime who wrote (100082)	12/4/2000 11:05:04 AM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Al can petition the courts to recount the whole state, he doesn't need Bush's permission, he hasn't done it! Wonder why??????? Jim

To: PartyTime who wrote (100082)	12/4/2000 11:05:43 AM
From: mph	Respond to of 769667

The Gore "offer" was made after the 72 hour limit. He knew he was "safe" in making the offer and did it only to gain political mileage and to provide folks like you with grist for the mill<g>. You must be joking about Bush conceding over the alleged wrong votes for Buchanan. As I recall, Buchanan received a comparable number of votes in the last election. As for hand recounts, I believe the statutes only give the right to request a recount. Whether to proceed with a hand recount is vested in the canvassing board not the candidate. I was referring to Gore's statutory right to request a "recount". Not to what he's doing now.

To: PartyTime who wrote (100082)	12/4/2000 11:09:23 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769667

I thought the most honorable act would have been, given the tightness of the race, for Bush to concede Bush has NEVER been behind in the vote, how could he concede. Let me ask you something honestly. Al Gore KNOWS that the Florida legislature WILL trump anything attempted now, and so knowing that, why will he not concede to save Florida and this nation from going through it all?

To: PartyTime who wrote (100082)	12/4/2000 11:24:32 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 769667

I wroite this earlier: >>>Actually, I thought the most honorable act would have been, given the tightness of the race, for Bush to concede once he realized that Buchanon, according to Buchanon's own addmission, got so many of Gore's votes. Enough votes that Gore would have won. Bush would have instantly become an American hero respected by both major policities parties--minior ones even--and definitely would have become a future American president in good standing. He would have proved himself a "uniter," and not a "divider." Once he went to court to block the fair and legally-allowable Gore recount, Bush became a "divider."<<< What I wrote is a good backdrop to this: accessatlanta.com@issue/constitution/tucker/