Word: enough
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...decked, the pundits were quacking, Democrats said Florida was still too close to call. By the Sunday 5 p.m. deadline, the counting still wasn't done, but in a dramatic signing ceremony at 7:30, Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner by 537 votes - enough for him to claim victory a third time. But even as Republicans planned their celebrations, the Democratic faithful were primed to fight on - especially after Harris decided to leave out the results of the hand count Palm Beach canvassers stayed up all night to produce. "George Bush can have...
...Whatever number they wind up with may not be good enough for Al Gore. David Boies, the veep's head lawyer and best spinner, says he'll get up early on Monday morning and add Palm Beach to next week's Miami-Dade fight - because he doesn't like the way the dimpled chads are being treated by the county's canvassing board. (They're being counted, but only if the voter poked some other dimples...
...blessing of the Supremes pulls a lot of weight in this country, and their voice might be loud enough to force one of these guys to the sidelines. But the presidency is still an elected office, and both men will want the public's blessing too, no matter how badly those voters botched the job the first time around. And in a week, America will get to mull the same choice their highest court has: Lawyers or politicians...
...this strange career where I bounce around between those two late-night shows. I'm the only person who gets to do that. And even when I was doing "Conan" I would occasionally have a sketch idea for "Saturday Night Live," and I had just built up enough credibility at that show that they were happy for me to submit stuff. And then when I left Conan I had a beautiful two-year period where I just had so much time with my wife and I only had to work from inspiration. I didn't make a lot of money...
...that Gore's worried about Sunday, mind you: Ron Klain, a senior adviser to the campaign, smiled for the cameras Thursday and said of Broward and Palm: "I believe that will be enough to get us over...