Word: stated
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...calling the shots from his battle station in the vice-presidential residence--a dining room equipped with his big easel for scrawling ideas and his two sets of laptops and phones--Gore also has time to think about what might have been. If he had carried his home state, Florida wouldn't matter. If his get-out-the-vote people in Duval County hadn't given faulty ballot instructions to thousands of voters, Florida wouldn't be close. But the hand count is his focus; once it is finished, he will be able to move on. "Gore needs this," says...
...much as Gore's team loathed Harris, Bush's wanted to throw her a parade. "Everyone here believes that she is going to put her name on the [certification] paper and call it a day," says an official in Austin. She might still get her chance, if the state supreme court rules in her favor. "At some point," the official says, "the clock will strike midnight...
...good spirits. By Thursday they decided that things were going so well that the candidate didn't need to get in the way of the news. "The news in Florida was so good," an aide says, "we'd let it speak for itself." But by Friday afternoon and the state supreme court's decision to postpone certification, the good news was going bad. Soon after that, Bush left his ranch for Austin...
...state supreme court will probably decide that argument. But the hand recount turns out to be an apt metaphor for how Americans view the election itself. They both come down to the same kind of scrutiny: holding the thing up high, examining it closely and trying to see where the light comes shining through...
...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, but they sure know how to divide this place...