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...think that it's time for him to concede," Cheney told "Meet the Press" after sympathizing with the current veep's plight. "So far he's chosen not to do that, to pursue other avenues, and clearly that's his prerogative. But clearly, long-term, history would regard him in a better light if he were to bring this to a close in the near future...
...response, Gore gave a relentlessly sanguine "60 Minutes" interview in which he professed to have no human frustration whatsoever at his current plight. "At the end of the day, when all processes have taken place, if George Bush is sworn in as president he'll be my president," the veep declared for broadcast Sunday night. "He'll be America's president." Gore thinks it'll be over by mid-December, but isn't willing to micromanage it. And if he's beaten, Gore said his family and his faith will set him free...
...Supremes rule for Bush, 5-4. A tight majority on the conservative Court that made such a handy bogeyman for Gore during the campaign sure wouldn't stop him now. The veep's response to a loss would be much like Bush's would be, except that Gore would likely do it personally: Downplay, downplay, downplay...
...there's a limit. "This cannot go on forever," Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, one of Gore's long-listers for veep, told the Times. The Florida Supreme Court bought Gore some time Nov. 17 when it nixed Katherine Harris's first attempt at certification. The U.S. Supreme Court moved the goal line again on Thanksgiving Friday when it took up Bush's appeal. So when could the next look at a political "forever" come along...
...then, having just come out of a lunch with Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Gore got in a quick comparative dig at his loudly transitioning opponent. Asked if he offered Summers a carryover job in a Gore administration, the veep demurred. "I personally do not feel it is appropriate to announce the names of Cabinet members or to formally offer positions," he said...