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George W. Bush, the would-be president-elect, had no immediate comment. But former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, representing Bush, said the Texas governor and his running mate Dick Cheney were "very pleased and gratified" with the court's ruling." He stopped short of calling on the vice president to concede, though several prominent Democrats, including the chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), publicly advised Gore to end his campaign...
...recounts. Which is not to say there wasn't plenty of room for interpretation. By 11 or so, there was agreement that it was all but over. Or that it wasn't! By just past 11, MSNBC was, at least on and off, calling George W. Bush the "President-elect." Or he wasn't! Maybe Al Gore would wait to answer. Or he was on the verge of conceding tonight! His advisers said he should concede. And they wanted him to fight it out! The decision was "devastating." And it left them lots of options! It "effectively ends things...
President-elect George W. Bush does not ride in on a high horse. Introduced at 10 p.m. Wednesday night in the Texas House of Representatives with a glowing recommendation from its Democratic Speaker, Bush spent little of his 15-minute speech on the subject of the past 36 days and not much more on the subject of himself...
However, Lazio said he would consider a position in the potential administration of president-elect Texas Gov. George W. Bush...
America should be grateful that this election was as wild as it gets [ELECTION 2000, Nov. 20]. Some of us originally came from places where heads would have rolled during a similar crisis. So far, not a gunshot has been heard on account of the balloting, and you call this "wild"? An election held in Nigeria in 1993 led to the President-elect's being thrown in jail for trying to assume office and ultimately to his mysterious death. Going to court to decide who won this contest is, in my opinion, as civilized as it gets. MAY AKABOGU-COLLINS...