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...press time, Bush was considering holding a presidential-style news conference in Austin today, where he would be likely to name Colin Powell as secretary of state and former Stanford University provost Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser. Washington analysts expect him to name a Democrat, perhaps Louisiana Sen. John Breaux, to a cabinet post...
...that dimpled chads may be counted. A famous case involved Congressman William Delahunt, who owes his seat to a Massachusetts judicial court's decision in 1996 to count dimpled chads, giving him a victory in a race in which he had been trailing by more than 200 votes. A Louisiana court refused to count chads in 1984, as did a lower court in Ohio in 1998. But a Texas statute expressly says a ballot can be counted where "an indentation on the chad from the stylus or other object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable intent of the voter...
...because voters almost surgically bisected Congress, moderates on both sides believe they will have crucial leverage to pass bills on issues such as health care, trade and possibly even campaign-finance reform. "The center is much stronger," enthuses Senator John Breaux, Democrat of Louisiana. "I love operating in a 50-50 vacuum!" He's excited because it takes 60 votes in his chamber to end debate on a bill; either side will have to woo the 10-plus extra votes from the opposition's moderate ranks. The House isn't quite so close, but the theory still applies: with...
...they'd be tossed out. But some Democrats saw it as a lifeline: it was a chance to fight on at least another week and, if the Justices ruled their way, to gain the ultimate legitimization of the manual recounts. "I don't think Gore can walk away," said Louisiana senator John Breaux, widely considered the most agnostic about new legal challenges to the election. "As long as something is pending in court, it would be difficult for Gore to fold his tent...
DIED. JIMMIE DAVIS, thought to be 101, the "Singing Governor" of Louisiana; in Baton Rouge. Davis, who penned, by his own estimation, more than 400 songs, including You Are My Sunshine, served as an ineffectual segregationist Governor from 1944 to '48 and 1960 to '64. "He served two terms as Governor of Louisiana and was never indicted," said former Governor Edwin W. Edwards (who was). "That's a genuine achievement...