isn't it chilling to think if Gore won in 2000

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

And the research has shown that if Gore had done this he would be president today.

True, but my point was he was IMO greedy and foolish, so he is not. Thus, he must share some of the blame The USSC stopped the recounts because they violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Const. Their reasoning was not all of the votes were being counted in the same manner. For example, a handmarked ballot or hanging or dimpled chad could be counted as a valid vote in on area but not the other. How that does NOT violate the EP clause I do not see. Had Gore in his initial law suit prayed for a recount of the entire state under one uniform standard, which the USSC essentially ordered the Fla. Sup. Ct. to do in its first Order, there would have been no legal grounds for the second USSC decision. But, Gore did not do that. He picked which counties he thought were favorable to him, which was a move that showed little care and no regard for the rights of the voters in other less favorable counties. Certainly, they had the right to have their ballots examined or did they lose that right just because they lived in a county less favorable to Gore and perhaps voted against him Like the entire election, Gore has himself mostly to blame for the recount fiasco no matter how bad the Fla. Admin acted. But, the D's will never admint that because the D's can never ever say ANYTHING that gives W any credit whatsoever - they think to do so is tantamount to sacrilege Conversly, I tend to call it as I see it and I do not see how anyone can with a straight face and with facts rebut what I just said.