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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dvdw© who wrote (8816)	12/13/2000 9:01:58 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 10042

dailynews.yahoo.com <<<DNC National Chairman Joe Andrew agreed, saying Democrats were unified in their support for Gore's legal battle to win the U.S. presidency.``Bleak doesn't mean that it's over. The clear position of Democrats all across this country is that we should continue to fight for the principle that every vote counts and that every vote should be counted,'' he told CNN.>>> Dang it,so it WAS the Republicans and not Democrats who tried to toss out those 25,000 Bush votes and a bunch of absentee ballots. Sig

To: dvdw© who wrote (8816)	12/13/2000 11:37:15 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Told you so.... REVIEW & OUTLOOK 7 to 2 It's over. Wednesday, December 13, 2000 12:13 a.m. EST To restate what should now be obvious: When the voting in an American presidential election is this close, the loser should graciously concede for the good of the political system created by our Founders. Whatever the arguments of Mr. Gore's lawyers on behalf of fairness the past month, his purpose clearly was to force a recount in one or another Florida county that would make his number larger than Governor Bush's. Mr. Bush no doubt surprised Democratic expectations by fighting back hard, and out of this morass of litigation the election twice arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court, which at 10 p.m. last night decided 7 to 2 that the Florida Supreme Court's intervention violated the Constitution of the United States. The High Court ruled that the varying standards of assigning ballot wins, on view to the entire nation for a month, could not pass Constitutional muster. Justices Souter and Breyer thought another recount possible, but the majority concluded that federal law made Mr. Bush's electors legal at last night's midnight deadline. The electors' deadline is no mere artifact; it dates back to the close Hayes-Tilden election of 1876, and was intended to ensure that electors would survive congressional challenge by January 6. That is, it exists in the interest of finality. And it means there will be no recount. Mr. Gore took what opportunities the law allowed, and now the law has exhausted his opportunities. There will be time in the days ahead to sort out the nuances, but what we know irrefutably is that Mr. Gore's bid foundered on the supreme law of the land. It is over. We suspect the nation concurs. The nation has been exhausted by this remarkable election. There is little appetite for retribution. Most voters do not depend for their life's blood on the profession of politics. The nation votes for leadership, and the moment has arrived to provide it to them. opinionjournal.com