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...consensus is reached in Florida, and no electors are officially appointed, the entire Sunshine State could be flat out of luck - and completely disenfranchised. And if you really think about the Florida conundrum, temporary excommunication might just be the best solution. Is it fair for an entire nation to be held captive by one state? What will we gain by sitting around waiting for Florida's state courts to determine our future? Let's just close our eyes, stick our fingers in our ears and pretend the whole state has just disappeared...
...There was a general consensus that it was time to make a change," he said...
While chances are that neither party will complete a full sweep, early predictions have only come to one concrete consensus--today will likely mark the closest election in nearly half a century...
...Without going through the electoral gymnastics, the consensus is that either candidate will have tough time winning the election without winning Florida. The last great deed all partisan commentators do on behalf of their party is convincing voters to the west that the election is already over and that, if you live in San Diego, you might as well use the time after work to run to the dry cleaners' instead...
...Campbell Brown said "It's very intense [at the Bush campaign] today - there's a lot of tension, a lot of nervousness, a real sense of helplessness." (Without giving away the store, none of this means Gore's a winner; but it indicates that the election, which the consensus had tacitly been giving to Bush all day Monday, has at least actually turned out to be a real nail-biter...