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But only after Gore had called Bush to congratulate him and began preparing a concession speech did the tide turn once again, with the announcement that Florida was once again too close to call, and would have to undergo an automatic recount.
"I was very elated," Brazile says of the decision to retract the concession. "In campaigns you never give up or give in. You fight because there's something worth fighting for."
Even after losing the decision, as Gore prepared to deliver his nationally televised concession speech Dec. 13, Brazile wanted her candidate to simply withdraw from the election, and not concede defeat.
ILSA expires in August, and the oil industry, including members of the Oasis consortium involved in Libya, has been lobbying hard to persuade Congress and the administration that it should not be renewed. But renewal has been gaining political support in recent months, and a number of experts following the...
"I think Rudenstine's concession to even talk about it is a big step forward," Sullivan said.