Word: contending
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...guard against big-city rule? Initially designed to protect the interests of smaller states and to overcome the geographical and communication obstacles inherent in the newly established republic, the electoral college, its opponents contend, is also a vestige of a paradoxically imperialistic philosophy toward democracy. The founders, it seems, did not trust the people to elect a candidate directly; the intellectual challenges of understanding a campaign might be beyond their ken. Instead, the people could vote for electors, who would travel, ostensibly on the voters' behalf, to cast their votes for the chosen candidate. It also...
Even after Friday, many legal experts were still shocked that the court took the state case to begin with. They contend that the Justices will simply decide not to rule, availing themselves of an option used several times each term: dismissing the case as "improvidently granted," a phrase at once imperious and penitent that means the Justices believe the case does not present the issues they thought it did when they accepted it. The court may wait a while to decide whether to do this, looking carefully at how Gore's contest proceeds. "I think the Justices will be concerned...
...Also at issue is the question of limited recounts. While the Gore team insists there is precedent for recounts in specific precincts or counties, and that the GOP had an opportunity to contest the election results, the Bush lawyers contend that any, even limited, recount requires a statewide recount - which, they point out, there simply isn't time for at this point...
...Republicans filed a lawsuit last week in Leon County to compel 14 predominantly Republican counties to get these ballots counted. The Republicans contend that the Democrats had a systematic plan to disenfranchise military voters; the Democrats say they were only making sure that illegal ballots were not counted. The argument that military voters should not be disenfranchised because of factors beyond their control is a solid one, and it has great p.r. value. The Leon County judge listened patiently to the Bush arguments on Friday but then expressed skepticism about whether there was much he could do at this point...
...external debt and the residue of Mexico's banking scandal, which will devour about $5 billion in interest. That gives him little to spend on efforts to promote economic growth, which remains his overarching priority. But even if he had the money to spend, he'd have to contend with the fact that he lacks a majority in the legislature, and most state governors still belong to the PRI. The charisma and swagger that helped him sweep out the PRI with only limited backing from his own National Action Party (PAN) aren't going to help him govern - his success...