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...testimony, and as soon as they'd officially rested their case, GOP attorney Fred Bartlit sprung from his seat to request a directed (or immediate) verdict on the grounds the Dems had no case. Judge Sauls "respectfully" denied the motion and Bartlit demurred, calling his first witness: Judge Charles Burton of the Palm Beach canvassing board...
...Happily for the Democrats, while Burton managed to score a few points for Bush's cause of discrediting the admittedly erratic recount process in Palm Beach ("There's bound to be some opinion involved in situations like this," Burton remarked ruefully during Bartlit's direct) those doubts may be enough to plant a lingering question in Judge Sauls' mind. If all Palm Beach County needed was a set of guidelines to ensure "a fair and accurate" count, could Sauls be just the guy to set such parameters...
...There was great camaraderie between Sauls and Burton; at one point, Burton shook his head over his attempt to prescribe some order to the Palm Beach recount, saying, "I've been attacked since then as the one who?s tried to block the recount." Sauls took issue with this and replied warmly, "Well, I can?t say I agree. I personally salute you as a great American," eliciting the first smile from an exhausted-looking Burton...
...sitting there with Judge Burton, waiting for the proceedings to begin, we were wondering what it must be like to be sitting up there, waiting to argue this case. The butterflies must have been out in full force...
...court. I've been in there many times before, but I've never seen oral arguments like this before. The fact that it brought together such an interesting composite of people - Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy sitting together, all the Gore children. And I happened to sit with Judge Burton, the head of the Palm Beach canvassing board. He's a delightful person...