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...most of the past week, Bush seemed like one of those mysterious Soviet leaders of the pre-Gorbachev era: much was said and done in his name and under his authority, but the man himself was barely seen or heard. Since the morning after the stillborn election, Austin's strategy was to have Bush be the victor who must patiently tolerate a few technicalities. But Gore's plan to chip away at that notion has had an effect. It helped that Gore won the popular vote. And the Gore message--count all the votes--may have been expedient...
...Daley was so tired that he began to resemble Bert the Muppet. Christopher at times looked absolutely ancient. As their anger and frustration rose, Harris became the woman they loved to hate, just as she did for Democrats around the country. If she wasn't taking her orders from Austin--and she swears she was not--she might as well have been, since her every decision furthered Bush's goal. Members of Gore's legal team pushed all week to go after her in the courts, if not for possible election-law violations, then for breaking the Sunshine law, because...
...much as Gore's team loathed Harris, Bush's wanted to throw her a parade. "Everyone here believes that she is going to put her name on the [certification] paper and call it a day," says an official in Austin. She might still get her chance, if the state supreme court rules in her favor. "At some point," the official says, "the clock will strike midnight...
...news. "The news in Florida was so good," an aide says, "we'd let it speak for itself." But by Friday afternoon and the state supreme court's decision to postpone certification, the good news was going bad. Soon after that, Bush left his ranch for Austin...
...Social Security, dreams of bipartisanship in the next Congress, praise for the size of the American heart. "Secretary Cheney and I are honored and humbled to have won the state of Florida, which gives us the needed electoral votes needed to win the presidency," Bush said. The transition from Austin to Washington will begin, Bush said, in the care of Dick Cheney. Bush had finally given his victory speech...