Word: daleyisms
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...another very close election, John F. Kennedy carried Illinois by only 9,000 votes. Given the skill of the Chicago Democratic machine in extracting votes from vacant lots and graveyards, the myth has arisen that Mayor Richard Daley stole the election from Richard Nixon. In fact, if Nixon had carried Illinois, Kennedy would still have won 276 to 246 in the Electoral College...
...campaign was drifting to the left. The Gore family had its doubts about all the consultants; Gore was on his third pollster, and the campaign had changed management three times. All the exiles seemed to be leaking their side of the story to reporters. The whole thing was driving Daley, Gore's new campaign chairman, crazy...
...Expect to hear from Warren Christopher or Bill Daley within the hour, because while both sides wait for the Florida Supreme Court to uphold or toss out Judge Lewis's decision, the challenge in the meantime is to make the result look good to the public. But while Baker tries to make holding the line sound like the proper course, the Gore team figures to have an ace up its sleeve: the numbers...
...Bill Daley, Gore Campaign Chair, called the decision "rash" in light of the pending legal matters...
...hour later, Bill Daley could barely keep a straight face. Gore's campaign manager dismissed Baker's offer as a "reiteration of what the Florida secretary of state has already laid out" - which could be tossed out by Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis at any moment. He also brushed off the market-uncertainty issue as the complaints of "parobably partisan investment bankers." Though the Gore people may feel differently if the deadline-extension lawsuit goes against them, they see no reason to stop a manual recount at 5 p.m. when it could still add more ballots to their...