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...Instead, Bush grabbed the presidential reins. Of the imminent Gore contest to the night's ragged results, Bush merely said, with studied magnanimity, "I respectfully ask him to reconsider." And then it was on to the coming term, and a nice plea for both sides to "show our commitment to the common good." See you in January...
...Late Monday, state election officials dismissed Butterworth's plea, saying their refusal to count as many as 1,500 "disqualified" votes - many of which are from military personnel, who tend to vote Republican - is couched in election...
...vice-president's scheduled 4 p.m. press conference Friday wasn't going to be a happy one. He was going to have to come out and make his plea to the American people for more time. For more patience. And, most of all, for them to ignore Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris when she stood up on Saturday at noon and declared George W. Bush to be, in the eyes of the state of Florida, the President-elect of the United States...
There was more to Ralph Nader's final pre-election day appearance last night than a plea for votes...
What gives Bush's plea for less partisan bickering its appeal is that the bickering did become personal, thanks to impeachment, and does sound loud, thanks to television. The time when Tip O'Neill argued revenue sharing with Ronald Reagan during the day and drank whiskey with him at night has given way to the city as a sound stage. On cable, every night is fight night where, before you tell the other side your objections to a bill, you're telling Ollie and Geraldo. The camera not only makes it harder to work out the differences, it encourages them...