>
>Nathan:
> >I will be shocked if Rehnquist et al rule for Bush on this case. I
>suspect
> >their conservative judicial loyalties against federal judges
>investigating
> >voting rights abuses will trump their conservative partisan loyalties.
>
>-Well you didn't think it would go to the Supreme Court (see below). Didn't
>-you realize that both campaigns are like pools teaming with sharks? And
>that
>-the proximity of victory is like blood in the pool? I have to say the
>-Republicans have whipped themselves into Hezbollah mode (apologies to
>-Hezbollah).
>
>I didn't say that Bush wouldn't appeal to the Supremes. I said they
>wouldn't get involved in deciding the winner. (see below)
>And I still say they won't. They may not even accept cert.
>
> >The Republicans are likely to win because they have the Supreme Court,
> >Congress, the Florida legislature and executive. The Democrats just have
>the
> >Executive and the Florida Supreme Court. However, the Dems can
>fillibuster
> >in both the Congress and the Florida legislature.
>
>Maybe it will wander through the state legislature or the Congress, but in
>the end it will come down to votes. Neither the Congress nor the state
>legislature will come to a different conclusion than the vote total as
>deciding by the counties and the courts - who by statute have control of
>the
>protest and contest parts of the procedure. It is silly for the Bush
>people
>to complain about the involvement of the courts when the statute
>specifically mentions appeals to the courts to decide post-certification
>contests of the results.
>
>The media will try to declare the procedure over on Sunday night, so we
>will
>see if Gore has the will to file for a recount in Miami-Dada on Monday.
>But
>whether Gore gets the Presidency will depend on Gore and whether the votes
>show up in the recounts, not on the state legislature or Congress.
>
>-- Nathan Newman
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter K." <peterk at enteract.com>
> >
> >>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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >-- Nathan Newman
>
>
>
>
>
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