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...more institution divided down the middle," says a Gore strategist...
...from 537 votes to the earlier margin of 930 votes, but Gore could still proceed with his contest before Judge Sauls, which is based on a different set of laws entirely. Gore knows this, which is why he wasn't heavily weighed down by Friday's events. Says Democratic strategist Paul Begala: "Hell, we already lost" on the certification of Bush's lead. "Now it's in the contest phase...
...more institution divided down the middle," says a Gore strategist...
...That night Bush strategist Karl Rove held a conference call with GOP senators and told the skeptical and depressed Republicans that Gore's victory in the state supreme court would be short-lived. The court had clearly "overstepped" its authority, Rove said. The U.S. Supreme Court would have no choice but to lower the boom on the state justices. The senators weren't convinced. They worried that the Supreme Court wouldn't move quickly enough to stop the recount before Gore pulled ahead and the media announced a new winner. That could alter the landscape drastically - and permanently...
...gonna take you down!" Luis Rosero, a Democratic observer, claims he was punched and kicked. Republicans dispute the charges, but video cameras caught scenes of activism that had morphed into menace. The organizers in the RV outside, who G.O.P. protesters have told TIME were led by hardball Washington strategist Roger Stone, had phone banks churning out calls to Miami Republicans, urging them to storm downtown. (Stone could not be reached for comment.) One of them was a fire fighter, Rob Eltus, 45: "What Americans are finally seeing is Republicans...