Word: making
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...Some Republican insiders speculate that Harris could receive an ambassadorship if Bush is elected. Better make it somewhere eminently desirable. Heaven knows, if the GOP can seize the White House in this mess, they'll owe Harris at least that much...
...Wednesday, the Commotion by the Ocean was right back where it started. Hand counts are legal, if not necessarily acceptable past the long-past Tuesday deadline. The Bush camp wants to stop them, the Gore camp wants to make sure they matter. Broward County is counting again, under heavy pressure from the Democratic party. And Palm Beach County, for reasons known only to its canvassing board, wants very badly to count its 400,000-odd ballots by hand, but hasn't started...
...Meanwhile, Palm Beach County seems determined to be the make-or-break element in this whole affair. After planning to begin a hand count early Wednesday morning, the county canvassing board - a bit embroiled in scandal itself after Republicans accused board member Carol Roberts, a Democrat, of taking some "chads" literally into her own hands - is waiting to hear from the circuit court how they should deal with "pregnant chads." Is a dimple an intended vote? Or does the lack of a puncture mean a lack of a vote...
...much to ask for voters to have sufficient passion to make a hole in a piece of perforated cardboard...
When Katherine Harris speaks, people listen. And while that level of attention could have something to do with the fact that Florida's secretary of state may hold the keys to the presidency in her hands, it's not just the current circumstances that make people notice Harris. She's always made a splash wherever she goes...