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...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...
...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...
...span across religious, ethnic, class and geographic lines with acknowledged diversity. But if we were to examine the "families" that we establish for ourselves here at Harvard, by means of our friendships, our romantic relationships and even our blocking groups, it would become glaringly obvious that we don't branch out much from that with which we are most familiar...
...perhaps it's fitting that even in defeat, Clinton seems poised to dominate Gore's political life. This was the man, after all, who brought Gore to the executive branch, who shared books and jokes with him, and then, as Gore sees it, betrayed him not once with a shocking infidelity, but twice: By turning just enough voters against the administration with his various extracurricular activities, the President helped crush Gore's chances at victory Tuesday night. Clinton's inexorable charm got him elected, got him in trouble, and finally, set Gore up for a defeat. It was Bush, after...
...Undersung Losers of the Evening: Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter and company. Among the greatest benefactors of the Clinton Administration's largesse have been the hot young stars of the conservative commentariat, who've risen to talk-show stardom in opposition to the White House. With Republicans running each branch of the government, who will be left to oppose for the ratings? Will they be forced to take unglamorous, poorly paid jobs actually helping to run the country...