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...decision was "devastating." And it left them lots of options! It "effectively ends things." And it's highly ambiguous! MSNBC's Brian Williams noted that he'd been reading the decision himself, brandishing a pair of glasses -who wants to bet they're not prescription? - to prove it. (Around midnight, Williams chided a wire service for "instant analysis" that had said the court had sent the case back to Florida - which not only was true, but was more or less the same "instant analysis" every news network came up with themselves...
...hand it to them: They gave me what I wanted. By midnight, the only people, legally well-read or not, who didn't know exactly what the SCOTUS decision said and meant were the Gore camp, who wanted a day to scrutinize and respond to the ruling. It figures. After all, the votes for them have already been cast. The news networks go through a recount every time we grab the remote...
...where Gore and his lawyers finally parted company. The man who wouldn't think about quitting ceased Tuesday night to think about litigating. He went to bed having consulted only Tipper, and let what little post-SCOTUS suspense there was percolate until morning. If you wanted closure when midnight struck and the "safe harbor" Rehnquist chose was a dry bed, it was possible to think the lowest of Gore. Would he call the U.S. Supreme Court "no controlling legal authority," and make one last...
...voting in the Undergraduate Council's presidential race begins at midnight tonight, student groups are lining up behind their favorite candidates, with Stephen N. Smith '02 garnering the most endorsements overall and Paul A. Gusmorino '02 earning the support of many current council members...
Averell and Gerety also challenged the other candidates to join them in a "Primal Scream" naked lap around Harvard Yard tonight at midnight to kick off the voting...