Word: argumentatively
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...threatening to crumble, Republicans are second-guessing his static, defensive strategy. Instead of running out the clock and relying on Harris, why hadn't his team pushed for hand counts in Republican counties where he might pick up more votes? His aides explained that doing so would destroy his argument against Gore's recounts and that even in counties Bush had won, their analysis showed more miscast ballots came from Democrats than Republicans. Whatever that may say about the aptitude of voters from the two parties, it told Bush's people that demanding recounts in G.O.P. counties might hurt more...
...state supreme court will probably decide that argument. But the hand recount turns out to be an apt metaphor for how Americans view the election itself. They both come down to the same kind of scrutiny: holding the thing up high, examining it closely and trying to see where the light comes shining through...
...could be a compelling case, particularly if plaintiffs can prove that the ballot actually violates state law. The argument that a Democratic official prepared the ballot should be irrelevant: the right to a legal ballot belongs to the voters, not a political party. The biggest problem with the suit is that there is no easy remedy. Recounts are routine. Ordering a new election, even in a single county, is a more radical step that no court has ever taken in a presidential election. A new election would mean deciding who could vote--all voters, or just those who turned...
...Volusia and Palm Beach counties (joined by the Gore team) file suit in Leon County circuit court to extend the 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline for certifying their results. The argument: since state law allows hand counts and since those under way may be completed after the deadline, the state should wait to certify results until the hand counts...
...County, a GOP stronghold, which decided on Friday to use its initial election-night vote count rather than the mandatory machine recount performed several days later. That recount had yielded 52 more votes for Gore and had already been certified by the county. "If I can't win that argument," said Gore attorney David Boies, "I'm going to give up the practice...