Word: making
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...Senate and House object to having the Bush-Cheney electoral votes counted. As for Gore, his role under the Constitution and federal statute is pretty much just reading the ballots or breaking a tie in the Senate over the vice president. But the Senate and House, concurrently, can make objections to electoral slates and prevent them from being counted...
...Israelis may be doing this to send a message to more senior Fatah leaders such as Marwan Bargouti and Hussein Sheikh, saying 'We know where you live.' They're hoping to frighten those guys off and make them think twice about the consequences of attacks on Israelis, regardless of what they're saying I public. But whether this will actually make them think twice remains to be seen. Bargouti's office in Ramallah was previously rocketed when he wasn't there. Now they've got one of his guys, and they're saying 'It could have been you.' But there...
...Doesn't attacking Fatah militants make it even more difficult for Arafat to reestablish his authority...
...might make it more difficult, but the Israelis say they did it only after they'd decided that the cease-fire Arafat had agreed with Shimon Peres was not being observed. But the Palestinians will see it as a serious escalation because the killing occurred in territory that's supposed to be under Palestinian security control, in which Hussein Abayat is supposed to be free to drive around in a car with guns. But the Israelis complain that he was using that territory as a base from which to attack them...
...George W. Bush on Friday decided to try to make a virtue of his Cabinet musings, calling preparedness for office "the responsible course of action." "If the result is confirmed, he said, "we'll be ready." He said this as he sat for the cameras in Austin surrounded by the likes of "loyal friends" Lawrence Lindsey and Condy Rice. Update: The presumptive President-elect has a big Band-Aid on his jaw, and he looks a little tired and tense...