Word: slates
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...more unified on those days when Republicans are shouting about Gore's theft of the election or stirring up heavy-handed protests in Florida. Another chance for Democratic unity may come this week, if the Republican-controlled Florida legislature meets in a special session to consider naming a slate of Bush electors to be sent to the Electoral College--regardless of the outcome of Gore's contest. These legislators are some of Bush's most loyal servants, willing to send the Bush electors to Washington on Dec. 18 even if the Florida courts decide Gore electors are the rightful appointees...
...chambers meet on Jan. 5. The Republican-majority House would probably pick Florida's Bush electors. The evenly divided Senate would probably choose Gore's (as Vice President, Gore gets the deciding vote). If this split decision happens, the chief executive of Florida--Jeb Bush--gets to choose which slate to endorse. Will he crown his brother...
Sold at: Bob Slate Stationer, 1288 Mass...
...Republicans in the Florida legislature have not adapted to the new landscape yet. They've promised to name their own slate of electors on Wednesday if finality does not arrive to this never-final affair, and they haven't changed their schedule yet. But they may have a few days to play with: State Senate leader John McKay insisted this week that his experts had told him the 16th, not the 12th, was the true brick wall for the naming of Florida's electors. But today Republican state senator Daniel Webster pegged Wednesday again: If there is no finality...
...Florida Republicans name a Republican slate, and the courts count up a Gore win and order a Democratic slate, then its on to the U.S. Congress - on Jan. 6, two weeks before the inauguration. The House and Senate would each have the opportunity to choose its own slate, with the House's narrow GOP majority choosing Bush...