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...must be hard to win the popular vote and see George take the Oval Office by two electoral votes. Al will not argue his way to another recount. Regardless of the chaos in Florida, Al should have been able to waltz into the White House in light of the economy, his experience, and Bill's popularity. But that would have been too easy for Al, the fighter...
...vote, the court held per curiam that there were "constitutional problems" with the Florida Supreme Court's decision, and by a 5-4 vote ruled that there was nothing more the Florida court could do to fairly recount the state's ballots without disrupting the electoral process...
...ruling, the reality is perfectly clear. In the end, the justices were split right down the middle on the ideological and partisan lines that were crystal-clear even before they granted Bush's ludicrous request for an emergency stay based on the potential "irreparable harm" of a recount...
...election must end sometime. Even with a recount and an extended deadline, whoever came out on top was doomed to be haunted by legitimacy doubts for the next four years. The race was so close that it was within the margin of error of any vote-counting method, leading Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould to suggest that the election should be decided by a simple flip of a coin...
Though many feel the court made the wrong decision and that a fair recount would have put Gore in the White House, the country and the court will move on. Dramatic and striking though it was, with any luck Stevens's dissent will prove unfounded...