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...without the benefit of such a forward-thinking executive branch, Floridians were stuck. Democrats were hoping that the justices will not only allow the hand recounts to continue and order them to be included in the final tally but also establish a uniform methodology for hand counts. Republicans, of course, wanted an even more conclusive response to the nagging question of voter intent: They were hoping the Court would call an end to the recounts altogether and toss the ballots, dangling chads and all, out the window...
...Bush surrogate-in-chief James Baker kicked things off: No fair. No fair, he said, "to rewrite the election law by judicial fiat after the election has been held." No fair, he said, "to usurp the duties of the executive branch." No fair to "change the rules - either in the middle of the game, or after the game has already been played." And no fair to let a dimple count as a vote...
When Bush himself appeared outside the Governor's mansion, he said that "America has a long tradition of uniting once elections are over." He held out an olive branch to Gore's supporters: "I want to assure them that should the election go the way that we think it will, that I will work hard to earn their confidence...
...also underscored TV's tremendous power, as the networks' blunders led to Al Gore's concession takeback. And as that wild night set up an acrimonious Florida soap opera played out for the cameras, it revealed the media's dual, contradictory roles: national laughingstock and de facto fourth branch of government...
Similarly, Podmore even manages to breathe some new life into the old complaint of postmodern isolation. She takes a teddy bear that has only eyes and ears, sews room for Level Best human arms and legs and sticks this figure on a branch of a birch tree set in a line of darker trees. The result is a poignant, even wrenching, display of innocence alone in a cold environment. Podmore's work doesn't actively attempt to be theoretical and, as a result, is not overbearing like everything else in the exhibit...