Word: endingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Democratic Party office window in Broward County with a note warning, "We will not tolerate any illegal government." Prospects that were unimaginable one day become probable the next: it will go to the House, no, to the Senate; Gore will cast the tie-break vote; Could Strom Thurmond end up President? Dick Cheney's fourth heart attack fit the script for a week of jumpy tempers and raw nerves...
...about Gore's legal crusade, for fear of a backlash in the 2002 elections, party activists are so strongly behind Gore that it's not in the interest of congressional leaders to be anything but fully supportive in public. "We'll be with him all the way to the end," a Democratic strategist says. "Our base is all jacked up about this...
...Dade vote counters, however, who provoked the Republican machine. Seemingly oblivious to G.O.P. anger over the Florida Supreme Court ruling to allow manual recounts, the canvassing board tried an end run around the court's Sunday deadline by deciding to recount only some 11,000 of Dade's 654,000 ballots. Those disputed ballots, most of which did not register presidential votes in the machines, were thought to favor Gore. Worse, the board moved into a smaller room that cut off public observation. "They denied our legal rights," says Paul Crespo, an ex-Marine and coordinator of a group called...
...York's Westchester County ("I had two turkey lunches, but no dinner")--he runs upstairs to his room at the tiny Governor's Inn to change out of his blue suit; it's the only one he has in Tallahassee, and it has started to rain. Fond of Lands' End tailoring, knit ties and cheap watches, Boies quickly returns in a gray tweed wool jacket, which, for the rest of the day, he pulls over his head to stay dry, as if an umbrella might slow him down. He feels the same way about briefcases and legal pads. As best...
...TIME interviews with both Democratic and Republican legislators show a growing concern that the continuing legal challenges might prevent Florida from meeting its Dec. 12 deadline for choosing electors. If court contests are still unsettled by the end of next week, the legislature may have little choice but to act on its own. "No one is gung-ho about calling a special session," says state representative Bob Allen, a freshman Republican, "but if the situation is still in stalemate, we are willing to take action...