Election 2000

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Supreme Court hands presidency to Bush
By Salon staff
Never say die
With Al Gore poised to concede, some Florida Democrats are urging him to fight on.
Party without a conscience
By David Horowitz
Let the recounts resume
By Stephen Gillers
Tipping the scales
The final result of the Supreme Court deliberation comes down to the decisions of one or two justices.
Swarming to see the justices
Democrats, Republicans and protest stalwarts from the Free Republic offer a colorful sideshow to the historic proceedings inside the Supreme Court.
Party without a conscience
Gore has done more damage to our government than our most lawless president, Clinton, has managed in two administrations.
"The recount shall commence immediately"
By Salon staff
Uncharted territory
Historians, law experts and pundits weigh in on the Florida Supreme Court's surprising decision to order recounts.
Eliminating fraud -- or Democrats?
Florida's controversial crusade to purge its voter rolls has revived an old partisan debate: Can states crack down on fraud without hurting eligible voters?
Stick a fork in him -- Gore's done
By Jake Tapper
Wasted labor
The Democrats told AFL-CIO activists in Florida to take affidavits and act "nice," while the GOP mobilized its troops and got tough -- and won the political battle.
Stick a fork in him -- Gore's done
The battles continue, but legal experts say the vice president's court challenges are all but insurmountable.
The economic scaremongers
With all the negative buzz in the media and from the Bush campaign, you'd have thought we were headed straight into another Great Depression. Not so fast.
A role model for bipartisanship?
Bush attorney Ted Olson is the link between impeachment and the Florida mess; Bush had better hope Gore backers don't mimic Olson's scorched-earth crusade against the sitting president.
Earth in the balance, indeed
By Fred Branfman
Conservative pundits: Out of control
By Eric Boehlert
Back to the civil rights barricades
What's at stake in Florida is nothing less than the right to vote and to have it count. And once again an angry, elitist GOP is on the wrong side.
Did the Gore team make its case?
Most legal experts doubt Judge Sauls will overturn Florida canvassing boards and grant more hand counts.
God bless Jesse Jackson
Conservatives and liberals alike love to bash him, but without the reverend's work in Florida, Gore wouldn't have had a prayer.
Dick Cheney: President Big Time!
By Joan Walsh
Donkey doofuses
By Andrew Ross
How Florida Democrats torpedoed Gore
By Jim Hightower
The agony of Al Gore
By Joan Walsh
Why the Supreme Court case matters
The Florida election may be determined in state court, but a ruling in Bush's favor could further the high court's cannibalistic long-term assault on judicial power.
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