Word: elections
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With all eyes of the world now focused on the Sunshine State and the "historical moment" to which we all bear witness in this unique election, it is no wonder that many have become disappointed with the technicality-invoking nature of our American system of voting and the dual natures it presents by maintaining the Electoral College system. The frustration has been fierce from both the Bush and Gore camps, and our political parties are now entrenched in their positions about what should have been an objective administrative matter. To be sure, even Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton has pledged...
George W. Bush surprised more than a few pundits Sunday night by making what amounted to a 19-day-old acceptance speech after Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris certified his 537-vote victory in Florida. But look at his choices in this post-election Mr. President pageant: spend the next five days as a lowly candidate or make them work for you as a putative president-elect, intent on beginning the delicate work of reuniting a divided nation...
...good. With the elemental chaos in Florida showing no sign of abating, these lonely academics have been thrust onto center stage, asked repeatedly to justify the complicated (and, some argue, archaic) system by which America chooses its presidents. The conventional wisdom has turned against the Electoral College, with Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton leading the charge for its abolition. Yet the search for a perfect election, for a "magic bullet" that solves our political problems, is likely to be frustrated--and the American people should get used to the fact that there are no easy electoral choices...
...Scenario Four:Either Bush or Gore steps aside, acknowledging the will of the American people for a swift and absolute resolution to the longest election night in history. The country breathes a sigh of relief and rallies round the President-elect...
...That's the day Florida has to send one slate of 25 electors or the other - Bush's or Al Gore's - to Washington to anoint one candidate as the choice of Florida voters and thus the president-elect of the United States. And the fact that these seven justices - who constantly interrupted their petitioners with questions and what-ifs - immediately started bandying the date about was a hint that the highest court in Florida has in its seven minds to do more than interpret the law. It may be looking for a grand solution...