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...wife's family's ranch in Danbury, Texas. For the first time in 16 days, Baker did not telephone Governor Bush. Nor did he hear from his old friend former President Bush, who has been calling in daily for updates. Baker just wanted to get away from The Mess, and felt confident enough that he could take the day off. And so, with his son John, he went out and bagged five ducks...
When it became clear what a mess Florida was, both the Gore and Bush campaigns put out a nationwide dragnet for lawyers to help them fight for the state. We are a nation of laws, and there seems to be no limit to the constitutional provisions, statutes, court precedents and common-law principles that may be called upon to determine who will be the next President. The legal battle so far has taken in issues as majestic as the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and as humble as the status of the now famous dimpled chad...
...This election mess has left me ashamed. The world is laughing at us! What can I do for my self-esteem...
...Which means it probably was. So rather than make a 5-4 decision with enormous precedential weight and uncertain political implications, the Court sent the whole "protest"-phase mess back to the Florida Supremes to readdress the issues, clarify its thought processes, and call them back. Which the state court will certainly do, even while hearing Gore's now-certain appeal of Judge Sauls' "contest"-phase decision against him to that same seven-member body...
...have announced the arrival of the Sauls hand-count appeal, which Gore still thinks he can win on legal grounds. Sauls' sweeping "burden of proof" rejection may well have been an acknowledgment that David Boies was going to sue no matter what he did. So Sauls kicked the whole mess upstairs, and it'll be up to Florida's highest court - barring a 5,000-vote Seminole County nuke on Wednesday - to save Gore...