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.
In some Florida counties, election officials voluntarily hand-counted ballots that machines couldn't read -- exactly what Gore wants in Miami-Dade -- and the governor came out ahead.
From the butterfly ballot to Miami-Dade's withdrawal to the confused messages sent by the Florida Supreme Court, the real damage to Al Gore has been inflicted by his own troops.
The Bush team will call it fuzzy math, but here's how Gore backers add up the ballots for their man -- and how they hope to convince the courts they're right.
Dick Cheney will recover from his heart attack, as Dubya did from his boil; but the GOP's viciously aggressive style will leave lasting scars on the body politic.
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