Word: evening
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...sure, a few fiery members returned from hometown re-election revels and quickly unpacked bitterness. In the House, Republicans Tom DeLay and John Shadegg circulated memos saying Congress has the authority to block Al Gore from taking office even if Florida certifies a vote showing him ahead. DeLay and Shadegg say members of Congress can reject a state's electoral votes if they believe they are invalid. (Shadegg's packet was subtly titled, "Don't Let Gore Steal the Election Through the Courts.") An aide to the Democratic leadership sniped that Republicans "don't have much idea how to lead...
...because voters almost surgically bisected Congress, moderates on both sides believe they will have crucial leverage to pass bills on issues such as health care, trade and possibly even campaign-finance reform. "The center is much stronger," enthuses Senator John Breaux, Democrat of Louisiana. "I love operating in a 50-50 vacuum!" He's excited because it takes 60 votes in his chamber to end debate on a bill; either side will have to woo the 10-plus extra votes from the opposition's moderate ranks. The House isn't quite so close, but the theory still applies: with...
...Democrats' bet-the-farm lawsuit began when Harris announced that she would certify the state's vote at 5 p.m. last Tuesday, even though several counties were still counting votes by hand. Harris told the counties they were legally required to submit their vote totals within seven days of the election. Leon County circuit-court Judge Terry Lewis, who was assigned the case, issued an initial decision that offered something to each side. He ruled that the counties could continue their hand counts, but he also affirmed that Harris had the authority not to accept those recounted votes. And there...
...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 out on Election Day. It would also raise thorny issues such as how to prevent...
Detractors say that Harris, despite her Harvard master's degree in public administration, has the rep of a country-club lightweight whose only exercise of "discretion" until now has been "pearls or diamonds?" "She was completely unprepared for both this job and this crisis," says Scher. Even some of her friends agree. Says one in the state capital: "She is in so far over her head that it's hard not to think that every move she makes is orchestrated by the Bushes and the Republicans...