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

To: Bill who wrote (9408)	1/17/2001 9:11:49 PM
From: mst2000	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

1. If the popular vote were all that mattered, Gore would have crushed Bush, because instead of wasting time trying to win slim margins in 3 or 4 industrial swing states (PA, MI, WISC), Gore would have concentrated on urban population centers where he runs (easily) 10-20% ahead of Bush. The electoral college has always favored the GOP - this year was no exception -- in fact, this year underscored the built-in GOP advantage in the electoral college like no other election ever. And that unfair advantage is why we will no doubt be stuck with the electoral college, which outlived its usefullness over 100 years ago, forever. 2. The USSC may have disagreed with the Florida S. Ct., as you no doubt did, but it is Florida's highest court, and it alone had the right to interpret Florida election law and decide whether the trial court erred in its handling of the Election Contest (incidentally, the FSC decision that the trial court had erred was NOT reversed by the USSC). Neither Article II of the Constitution, nor Title 3 of the US Code, required the USSC to intervene in what was essentially a statewide election -- indeed, Title 3 makes it clear (as Breyer pointed out compellingly in his dissent) that the USSC had no authority to intervene in this matter, and that the final decision, if one was to be made, about any dispute over the electors ultimately selected in the State of Florida should have been made by Congress on January 6, and NOT the USSC. Every principle of federal judicial restraint (except the one that says you ignore those principles when failure to do so might result in a democrat being elected) was violated by the USSC in this one. Bush was appointed, despite losing. Get over it.