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...ruling runs contrary to state and federal laws that require voter canvassing boards to do what whatever they can--not just with machines--to determine a voter's intent. Furthermore, the decision virtually guarantees that votes will not be counted by tomorrow, the date by which all states must appoint electors...
...chance before Dec. 12 (now a week away) to grab the spotlight's harsh glare, and possibly a place in the partisanship Hall of Fame. Republicans in favor of moving say the Constitution - "each state shall appoint, in such a manner as the legislature thereof directs, a slate of electors" - and federal law backs them up. They say Gore's backup plan is for no slate of Florida electors to go to Washington...
...word from Austin is that if George W. Bush becomes our next president, he would like to appoint three blacks to high-level positions - Colin Powell as Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice as National Security Adviser and a third person yet to be named. Powell and Rice would be serving in government posts more important than those held by any other African American - even in the Administration of a certain Democrat who bragged that he wanted his Cabinet to "look like America." That's a huge irony, considering that 92% of blacks slapped aside Bush's claim...
...strategy won't work if W. follows the cynical example set by his dad and Ronald Reagan. Their approach to racial diversity was to appoint token blacks like Clarence Thomas, whose main credential was being conservative. Many blacks wrote off Thomas and his ilk as turncoats. Nor would it matter how many blacks Bush appointed if they, like Thomas, espouse policies that most African Americans abhor...
...Each state shall appoint, in such a manner as the legislature thereof directs, a slate of electors...