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In reply to the discussion: Are we really going to pretend we were fooled into the Iraq War? [View all]Samantha
(9,314 posts)Under most scenarios in its article, Gore would have won. There was one under which Bush* might have won.
But in the overall scheme of things, the US Constitution delegates the right to run presidential elections to each of the states. Each state is supposed to outline its rules in the state constitution in advance of the election. The highest authority in Florida on this issue was the Florida Supreme Court, which issued that infamous decision starting out "The right to vote is paramount." That decision should have been the last word. But Baker always had a plan to get that election to the U.S. Supreme Court because he knew which way that decision would go. The Supreme Court failed the American people when it agreed to hear the dispute.
Sam