Gore moves up in electoral votes

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Bush may take New Mexico away from Gore (will need recount), but Gore has won Oregon by enough votes that a recount is not required. This moves him much closer to winning free and clear without even needing Florida.

-- yippeee (prosperity@for.all), November 11, 2000

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closer to winning free and clear without even needing Florida.

Don't forget Iowa and Wisconsin. Gore won by a SLIM 6,000 votes here in my home state of Wisconsin. Bush has three days after the votes have been officially tabulated (this Tuesday) to challange the results. By Thursday or Friday next week Wisconsin could easily be recounting votes.

Bush may yet take Wisconsin and it's 11 electorial votes followed closely by Iowa with 7 electorial votes and New Mexico with 5 electorial votes with pending recounts.

Bringing a very real possible new totals from: Gore 262 Bush 246 to: Gore 239 Bush 269 I don't remember how but this is supposed to be enough to give Bush the presidency.

May I remind you that the more time this is an issue the more people will see the dirty tricks Gore and company have played to get votes. The public will not stomach this. In addition, they sure won't be giving Gore the nod for a rematch in four years either.

-- Ain't Gonna Happen (Not Here Not@ever.com), November 11, 2000.


Bringing a very real possible new totals from: Gore 262 Bush 246 to: Gore 239 Bush 269 I don't remember how but this is supposed to be enough to give Bush the presidency.

This situation (Gore 239 Bush 269), in and of itself doesn't give Bush the Presidency because it doesn't yet reflect all of the electoral college. In other words, simply having 269 votes is not sufficient to automatically win the election. The candidate must have at least 270 to obtain the majority.

What I believe you may be referring to is the situation in which Gore receives the remaining electoral votes, which would result in at 269-269 tie for both candidates. In that event, the election falls to the House (or is it the Senate?). Since the majority in either house is Republican, it would stand to reason that they would vote for the Republican candidate. That would give Bush the election, just not automatically,

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 11, 2000.


I don't remember how but this is supposed to be enough to give Bush the presidency.

AGH- The election would then be decided by a vote in the house of representatives (which has a republican majority).

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), November 11, 2000.


(Sorry "hmmm". Apparently we posted at the same time.)

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), November 11, 2000.

"May I remind you that the more time this is an issue the more people will see the dirty tricks Gore and company have played to get votes. The public will not stomach this. In addition, they sure won't be giving Gore the nod for a rematch in four years either."

And may I remind YOU that the popular vote was pretty much evenly split (with Gore only slightly ahead), indicating to ME that the American people basically didn't want EITHER OF THEM. "And they sure won't be giving [Bush] the nod for a rematch in four years either."

You seem to be posting with this "The Public Wants Bush" fervor that just isn't there in the general populace.

I'd like to further remind you that NO MATTER WHO gets elected, he will be, for all intents and purposes, a **Lame Duck**. (Yes, even if the W.H., the Senate and the House of Reps are all Republican; it's NOT that large a majority.)

(As to "dirty tricks" by Democrats, I don't think you want to start a discussion on Republican "dirty tricks", do you? Face it, no one is immune there -- they're ALL **politicians**.)

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 11, 2000.



didn't want EITHER OF THEM.

DIDN'T is the key. The longer this goes on public sympathy will build for Bush as Gore looks more and more like a sore looser.

-- Ain't Gonna Happen (Not Here Not@ever.com), November 11, 2000.


But the election will be over and all will be seated and it won't matter WHERE "public sympathy" lies. What good will "public sympathy" do for the next four years of governance?

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 11, 2000.


No "mandate" here, no matter WHO takes the oath in January. Betcha McCain and Bradley are licking their chops for 2004 already (in private, of course).

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), November 11, 2000.

"The longer this goes on public sympathy will build for Bush as Gore looks more and more like a sore looser."

And yet, the Republicans were the first to begin litigation.....

Bush Campaign Seeks Court Order.

Go figure.

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 11, 2000.


The longer this goes on public sympathy will build for Bush as Gore looks more and more like a sore looser.

Au contraire. Bush is coming across as impossibly arrogant and presumptuous to be assembling his Transition Team before the final vote tally is even announced. And when he starts filing his own barrage of lawsuits (will you be outraged at THAT, Ain't?) he'll be the one to be labelled a Sore Loser. Gore's choice to remain silent in the background is a wise one, unlike his opponent. But by now everyone sadly accepts that Bush isn't any genius to begin with.

-- Lawsuits (Are@Us.com), November 11, 2000.



Doesn't anybody know how to spell "loser"? Ain't and Maria are morons.

-- (retards@are.them), November 11, 2000.

Here is what the desperate Shrub is doing...

Making plans with his fatass oil snob friends on how they can start moving into the Whitehouse before the electoral college has officially cast their votes. Their most recent acts of desperation include having the New Mexico ballots "impounded", and attempting to get a Florida court to block the hand counting of votes.

Shrub is the kind of guy who cuts in front of you and steals a parking space that you've been waiting for. When you explain to him that you were waiting for the space, he says "Too bad, I ain't movin, sue me".


Now, here is what Gore has been doing...

Jogging, relaxing, playing football with his lovely daughter Karenna (yowsa), enjoying the fresh air, great food, and quality time with friends and family.

No matter what happens with the election, Gore is not going to let it stop him from being the great person and loving father that he is.

-- (shrub@desperate.loser), November 11, 2000.


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