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...working Arizona and Minnesota. Gore's geeks were hunched over their computers hunting for paths to the magic 270 electoral votes in states where the polls were still open. Once they lost New Hampshire, their eyes turned to New Mexico; if that collapsed it would come down to Oregon. Even back in New York, President Clinton had quickly concluded that with Florida, Gore had 262 electoral votes locked up. So at the moment his wife was declared the winner of her historic Senate race, the leader of the free world was talking to a Las Vegas radio station, trolling...
...popular vote. But in most of those states, the sanctions are relatively minor - in Oklahoma, for instance, it's a $1,000 fine. Of the states that are currently in some dispute, Florida, Iowa and New Hampshire don't try to bind their electors; Wisconsin, New Mexico and Oregon do. But it's worth noting that no elector has ever been prosecuted for being unfaithful. Throughout U.S. history, only nine electors out of some 18,000 have violated their pledges. It's going to be hard to find one who's going to break his or hers. Frank Straka...
...hands, and we will be forced to do what might be in our best personal interest, but not in the best interest of our wonderful country." In other words, if Gore pushes Florida too hard, Bush will demand recounts in Iowa, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Oregon. If Gore gained Florida but lost a combination of three of those states, the Electoral College vote would end in a deadlock, 269-269, in which case the race would tumble into the House of Representatives, which the Republicans, by a piece of tissue, control...
...same reporters there is an automatic recount under way in the largest county in New Mexico, which could of course tip that state to his candidate. One may soon come to Iowa, which also narrowly went for Al Gore. And maybe Wisconsin and Washington too. And don't forget Oregon, which hasn't even reported a final tally yet. And then there's California - the state's top Republican says his state's 1 million ballots well may tip the electoral brass ring to Bush. (Gore's people confined themselves to murmuring about New Hampshire, which went narrowly for Bush...
...every joyous Nader loyalist, there are several fuming Democrats. As the recount began in Florida's bitterly contested presidential race, faithful Dems were pointing angrily to Nader's 97,000 votes, 10 percent of which would have pushed the Sunshine State into Gore's column. In Oregon, where the race remains too close to call, Nader is also expected to pull in a healthy vote count - numbers that could certainly have saved the state for the Democrats, if Nader had not been a factor...