Word: elect
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Clearly, all of the legally-cast ballots in the state of Florida should have been counted; the willingness of both Republicans and Democrats to try to disenfranchise some voters through litigation was startling. In particular, the efforts of President-elect George W. Bush to prevent a statewide recount were disappointing. We believe that this intransigence was born out of a fear that a recount would show that the people of Florida actually chose Gore for the presidency...
George W. Bush, the would-be president-elect, had no immediate comment. But former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, representing Bush, said the Texas governor and his running mate Dick Cheney were "very pleased and gratified" with the court's ruling." He stopped short of calling on the vice president to concede, though several prominent Democrats, including the chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), publicly advised Gore to end his campaign...
...recounts. Which is not to say there wasn't plenty of room for interpretation. By 11 or so, there was agreement that it was all but over. Or that it wasn't! By just past 11, MSNBC was, at least on and off, calling George W. Bush the "President-elect." Or he wasn't! Maybe Al Gore would wait to answer. Or he was on the verge of conceding tonight! His advisers said he should concede. And they wanted him to fight it out! The decision was "devastating." And it left them lots of options! It "effectively ends things...
President-elect George W. Bush does not ride in on a high horse. Introduced at 10 p.m. Wednesday night in the Texas House of Representatives with a glowing recommendation from its Democratic Speaker, Bush spent little of his 15-minute speech on the subject of the past 36 days and not much more on the subject of himself...
However, Lazio said he would consider a position in the potential administration of president-elect Texas Gov. George W. Bush...