why, Troll....you wouldn't have a strong opinion, would you?...are these the **SAME** old folks who play bingo?...and the whole question they are trying to work out is ...DID Gore lose? Running the cards thru the same machines again is not exactly a real recount, and the laws are designed to move to hand recounts when the vote is very close and the machines can't judge the close ones....Bush simply would rather they NOT look at them with human eyes! So far, almost all recounts have shown Gore gaining.

Can't you imagine this whole thing being reversed with BUSH losing by a few hundred? I'll bet Republican lawyers by the bus load would see the wisdom in careful recounts...just in case!