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...Gore. It is more our fault than theirs that the race is instant-replay close; neither could be expected to quit while the law lets him think he can win. Bush is a baseball guy; he understands extra innings. But under the rules, he's sure he's the victor; a few foul balls and close calls are just part of the great game. Last week's recounts all put him ahead, even after hundreds of unpostmarked overseas military ballots were thrown out, and the only thing that could change that was a hand recount of three heavily Democratic counties...
...pessimist/cynic opts for the tiger, I suppose. The optimist/romantic votes for the lady. I have a sappy, soap opera kind of mind, I regret to report. I decided immediately that the princess would have done the sweet and selfless thing, and, like Rick Blaine sending Ilsa Lund off with Victor Lazlo on the Lisbon plane at the end of "Casablanca," would have sacrificed her own happiness, swallowed her regret, and withdrawn in a fog of nobility...
...dreamed up the spectacle we're seeing in Florida now," says TIME New Delhi contributor Maseeh Rahman. "It's given people here a sense that at a grassroots level, elections in the U.S. aren't that different from elections in India, particularly when it's a close fight - the victor is not always the guy who would have won in a fair contest." The suggestion that a new poll be held in Palm Beach County was also very familiar in India. "That happens all the time here," says Rahman. "If the Florida electoral commission needs some expertise, India could...
Elsewhere, what has caused greatest alarm is the role of the U.S. media. Kenya's Daily Nation editorialized that "the alacrity with which the U.S. media announce results before rechecking is likely to cause confusion, rob the victor of his spoil, and vitiate what remains democratic in the system." Over in Paris, there was concern that the U.S. media had taken everyone for suckers. "When CNN and the other networks made these errors on calling Florida, it set off a worldwide media chain reaction," says TIME Paris correspondent Bruce Crumley. "There is concern here that everyone from the average...
Coach Armond Hill's one question mark will be at the point guard position, as injuries slowed junior Victor Munoz last season, allowing him to start in only 11 games. Fellow junior Derrick Mayo, who replaced Munoz for part of last season, will challenge for the starting position. Also, watch for Maurice Murphy, who could see time immediately in the Lions' backcourt. Newcomer Murphy comes in as one of the top five point guards from Washington...