Warning Shot
By Carter M. Yang / ABC News
If the courts don’t resolve Florida’s presidential election dispute soon, the state’s Republican lawmakers say they will. As the legal wrangling between Vice President Al Gore and George W. Bush drags on, the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature is poised to take a controversial action that could render moot all of the courtroom quarreling over manual ballot recounts.
Florida's Legislature Meets. . .
The Washington Times
Meet the leaders of the Florida legislature. You know the ones: the man who belongs to the legislature's "God Squad," the abortion foe, the "unbending" one who "took positions as unyielding as his tightly curled gelled hair." Then there's the one who had marital problems and business setbacks. That's the way The Washington Post thoughtfully characterized the two men — Florida House Speaker Tom Feeney and Senate President John McKay, respectively — who have called a special session of the legislature to consider appointing Florida's presidential electors. With reporting like that, who needs opposition research?
For Gore, The End Is Near – Or Is It?
By Andrew Cain / The Washington Times
Even Al Gore's aides don't know when high noon will come. The vice
president's posse hinted yesterday that Mr. Gore plans to fight yet
again, even if the Florida Supreme Court shoots down his appeal for
recounts. "I think we have to see what the court says in all cases,"
Gore spokesman Doug Hattaway said, referring to lawsuits in Martin and
Seminole County that deal with thousands of absentee ballots.
Dick Morris: Gore Like Hitler in the Bunker -Not
NewsMax.com
The political adviser responsible for making Al Gore a two-term vice president said Thursday night the veep is in a state of denial about his impending White House loss, comparing him to "Hitler in the bunker." Then he quickly withdrew the analogy to the World War II dictator.
Florida County Denies Ballot Conspiracy
By James Pierpoint / Reuters
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Peggy Robbins, a Republican who has headed the county elections office for 23 years, told the court she allowed Republicans to correct erroneous voter registration numbers on absentee ballot applications printed up by the party, to avoid ''disenfranchising'' voters who submitted them.
Bay County Judge Rejects Exclusion of Absentee Votes
NewsMax.com
In a ruling that bodes ill for Democrat attempts to exclude absentee
ballots in Florida's Martin and Seminole counties, a judge in the
Florida Panhandle dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that alleged Republican
misconduct in absentee ballot voting in Bay County.
Recount Rings Up $500,000 Bill
Sun-Sentinel
The bill for the grueling ballot-by-ballot recount of the presidential
vote is in for Broward and Palm Beach county taxpayers: $500,000.
Jane Fonda Among Big Gore Givers
By Jonathan D. Salant / The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Actress Jane Fonda and at least five other supporters of
Vice President Al Gore made six-figure donations to his recount
committee, newly released records show.
Gore's Complex
By Tony Snow / NewsMax.com
WASHINGTON -- Al Gore has forced Americans to confront the most important political and philosophical question of the era: How shall we define "rule of law"? Two schools of thought contend for supremacy. Under one -let's call it the Simple Theory - the law means what it says. A competing theory - call it the Complex Theory - has taken hold in recent years. It claims that law changes with the slow march of history.
The Election In Black And White
The Washington Times
The race card appears to be the last ace in the Democrats' dwindling deck. Vice President Al Gore, Sen. Joe Lieberman and their associates have resorted to racial and religious polemics in order to counteract America's growing impatience with election-related legal maneuvering. Although the Rev. Jesse Jackson has received much of the blame for this, he clearly is simply executing the objectives of the Democrat machinery.
The Gore-Bush Chess Board
By Dr. Ronald Walters / The Black World Today
As a youth growing up in Wichita, I used to be a pretty fair chess player. That perspective gives me a clearer indication that Al Gore is in big trouble because all of the ultimate authorities in this post-election political end-game are Republicans or Conservatives. Believe it, the fix is in. There would appear to be too many Republican hurdles for Gore to jump over. Checkmate!
The Real Supreme Court
By Ann Coulter / Universal Press Syndicate
Despite morale-boosting claims in the mainstream media that the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling didn't really do anything -- or, as Al Gore put it ("Twilight Zone" theme music here), was "neutral," perhaps even "favorable" -- the opinion kicked the air out of the Supreme Court of Florida. For one thing, the Supreme Court vacated the SCOFLA's silly ruling.
Military Ballot Hearings Sought
By Audrey Hudson / The Washington Times
House Democrats yesterday tried to deflect criticism that their party is to blame for the dismissal of thousands of military ballots in the Florida election by calling for congressional hearings to examine the military balloting process. Republicans are highlighting the disqualification of 40 percent of overseas military ballots in Florida, which benefits Vice President Al Gore's campaign, in the hopes of making it a 2002 campaign issue.
Moderates Band To End Gridlock
By Jim Abrams / The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A quarter of the Senate gathered in a basement office room to study how they can work across party lines to ensure that the partisanship that has paralyzed past congresses will not be repeated in the next one.
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