Word: evening
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Last night's election was akin to a roller coaster ride. But it was the major television networks that manufactured much of the excitement. Blinded by competitive drive, all the most accessible media outlets incorrectly reported election outcomes throughout the evening. Unreliable exit polling led to a premature calling of Florida for Vice President Al Gore '69 even before polls in the state had closed. Later that evening, again instead of waiting for full election returns, the networks heralded a victory for Texas Gov. George W. Bush--only to retract their report less than an hour later...
...look at the polls now and the differences are minimal, so I don't think a change is likely," he said. Pineiro brought up the fact that in 1996, former Senator Bob Dole did extremely well in the absentee ballots even though he wasn't carrying the whole state. Because Republicans often do well with these absentee ballots, he said, Bush should have no problem maintaining his lead...
...Even after the Democratic convention, when Gore looked, just for a moment, like he was on a roll, he couldn't keep up the feel-good, balloon-dropping aura that engulfed him and, however briefly, possessed him. Almost as soon as the triumphant music faded in Los Angeles, Gore was back to the prognostications and schoolmarmish speeches that played so poorly among voters...
...perhaps it's fitting that even in defeat, Clinton seems poised to dominate Gore's political life. This was the man, after all, who brought Gore to the executive branch, who shared books and jokes with him, and then, as Gore sees it, betrayed him not once with a shocking infidelity, but twice: By turning just enough voters against the administration with his various extracurricular activities, the President helped crush Gore's chances at victory Tuesday night. Clinton's inexorable charm got him elected, got him in trouble, and finally, set Gore up for a defeat. It was Bush, after...
...Agreeing to negotiate at all right now is difficult for the leaders on both sides. Barak's minority coalition now governs under the shadow of its constant vulnerability to being thrown out in a parliamentary no-confidence vote. And even if they're prepared to allow his government a period of grace amid the current turmoil, the violence of the past six weeks has reduced the Israeli public's confidence in the peace process to an all-time low. On the Palestinian side, overwhelming public skepticism toward the peace process has given way to increasingly open defiance of Arafat...