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...supposed to be a quick, clean attack: Boies et al. were calling only two witnesses, who were, one presumed, supposed to deflect every GOP criticism and render every doubt moot: Of course there should be a full manual recount in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties! Is there another conceivable outcome...
...That's the best-case scenario for the GOP, of course...
...Republicans who dominate the Florida legislature just wanted to be one of the dogs in this fight, they got it. Surprising few Democrats but alarming many, a GOP-dominated special committee voted along party lines Thursday to recommend calling a special session of the legislature next week to discuss the possibility of naming its own slate of electors by December...
...line: Miami-Dade stopped counting because of time constraints, not lack of crowd restraint. Bartlit quoted an independent Miami-Dade canvassing board member describing the GOP crowds - there merely to protest the closed-to-the-press proceedings, Bartlit said - as "noisy and peaceful." Lieberman and other Democrats' charges of thuggery, Bartlit said, were "designed to heat up the situation." Bartlit's job is to cool...
...Congressional Democrats all had their own calculations to make, and the math was not friendly to Gore. While GOP lawmakers were united behind Bush, knowing that their own fortunes depended on having a Republican president to help get anything done, many Democrats privately thought they would be better off if Gore lost. Even some liberal Democrats thought Bush might in some ways be easier to work with in the White House, since he would have a powerful incentive to reach out to them and make peace. Although some congressional Democratic strategists are ambivalent about Gore's legal crusade, for fear...