>IMO, regardless of who wins, it sure seems to me that Mr. Gore is dangerously close to elevating his own desire to win above four balot counts, all of which have concluded that Mr. Bush has won the popular vote in Florida.
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Where do you get four? The ballots were counted on Election Day. By Florida law, they were recounted. In a few counties, they were counted a third time - this time manually. I'm not aware of anywhere that counted them a fourth time and most places didn't do a third count.

Tamar