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...with a ghost Cabinet resurrected from Dad's White House, retreated last week to his ranch to nurse a boil, surely a biblical reminder that we'll all need the patience of Job before this is over. He reappeared midweek to slap down Gore's surprise proposal to recount all 67 Florida counties. The press gave Bush mixed reviews for his candidate-held-hostage look, but reporters were already a bit cranky after a week of trying to cover what could be the next summer White House--close to the Days Inn in Waco, but 100 dusty miles from...
TIME.com ON AOL For a Q&A on voting, the Electoral College, who's paying for this recount and more, go to time.com
...elder in statesman. He's so dull, he ordered Irish coffee during a layover at Shannon Airport with the instruction, "Hold the whiskey, and make it decaf." His very presence undercuts former Secretary of State James Baker's dire warnings that if we persist in this crazy "unconstitutional" recount, markets will collapse, world leaders will wobble and general mischief will abound. In Baker's view, the bipartisan counters are secret croupiers itching to stack the deck. There are more surveillance cameras than in a Las Vegas casino and more on-site baby sitters than in your average day-care center...
...Alan. Alan. Listen to me, Alan. Listening helps," scolded Rogow. He later said Dershowitz, who represents several Palm Beach County voters who couldn't figure out the ballot, wanted LePore to vote for an immediate recount instead of waiting for the Florida Supreme Court to say it was O.K. Not a chance, said Rogow. He and partner Beverly Pohl had asked the court for some much needed clarification, and they weren't going to tell LePore to do anything before the Supremes weighed...
...Dershowitz and hello to Christopher. "You want the counting to continue. I know," Rogow said, before giving Christopher the same answer he'd given Dershowitz. Rogow is a loyal Democrat, but he refused to play politics with the law just because team Gore wanted to rush ahead with the recount. His client is LePore, not Gore...