Every message from the Bush campaign that I heard was about forcing a win on the strength of situational vagaries which reeked of influence.

Every message I heard from the Gore campaign was about cleaving to a principle of allowing individual votes to make a difference.

I wish the issue before the Supreme Court was framed differently, so they could exercise some intelligence about the fundamentals (if they wouyld). As it is, while it makes terrific drama, the real upshot is possibly beyond their sphere of influence.

I thought Lieberman was downright statesmanlike. While I have always had misgivings about Al, they are as nought compared to the whirlwind of loathing Bush's cronies elicit in my litte heart.

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