On Sat Nov 18 2000, Nathan Newman said:
> > If the U.S. Supreme Court doesn't involve itself, I wonder
> > if the Congress will toss its hat in the ring.
>
> The Supremes won't and neither will Congress.
Could you elaborate on why you are so sure both those alternatives won't happen? The banana republicans on the tube have been acting like beserkers all weekend. They seem to have really convinced their rank and file that certification was the equivalent of coronation and that it has been unjustly usurped.
> The one alternative, though, is that the GOP-controlled state
> legislature will override any decision of the Florida Supreme Court
> and will appoint their own set of electors, a possibility seemingly
> provided for in federal law covering the electoral college. That will
> deliver the Presidency to Bush, but all partisan hell will break out
> in Florida and nationally.
Oooo, put me down for this.
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com