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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (3176)	7/6/2006 9:11:11 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224660

DISARRAY OF ELECTION NIGHT IN ST. LOUIS SHAPED BOND'S FIGHT FOR REFORM Deirdre Shesgreen Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) October 17, 2002 Section: NEWS Edition: FIVE STAR LIFT Page A8 Word count: 1543 ID#: 0210170563 During the rocky two-year campaign to enact election reform, the debate was mostly driven by the hanging chads, butterfly ballots and 36-day Florida recount in the 2000 presidential election.. For Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., though, the motivating force for the bill was not the chaos in Florida. It was the mayhem in St. Louis. On election night in 2000, Bond angrily pounded his fist on a lectern and accused Democrats of trying to steal the election after they