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...start with the electoral college and then get to the Florida mess. Why did the founders set up this system? A: They were divided. Some wanted Congress to pick the president. Others wanted the citizens to choose directly. The electoral college was the compromise...
...Florida. What happens if the state's electors are still under legal challenge by Dec. 18, the date they have to vote? Could federal or state courts enjoin the electors from voting on Dec. 18? A: It's possible but unlikely. First, courts are generally loath to get into electoral issues, let alone one this hot. Also, since the Constitution mandates that the electors all vote on the same day, if Florida's electors don't vote with the rest of the country on Dec. 18, the state would forfeit its electoral votes...
...Florida can't get its act together by Dec. 18, does Bush or Gore still need 270 to be President? A: Nope. They need only a majority of those states that have appointed their electors. Without Florida, that would be 513 electors, and 257 would be enough for a majority. Gore has 262 excluding Florida and New Mexico; Bush...
...Bush had been on an emotional roller coaster. He went through Tums and Mylanta and Rolaids, his stomach churning like a boa constrictor, to use his words: "At first it didn't get that tense. George was riding so high. He came out of Philadelphia with all the surveys showing him ahead. We felt he did a good job at the convention. It's like a football game. If you are three touchdowns ahead at halftime, then you don't worry so much...
...Then George was down, and some of the members of Congress were running for cover, worried they were going to get killed all up and down the line. Barbara and I stayed up in Kennebunkport until November, but the fishing gave way to anxiety. It's been tension city since...