>>Al Gore has offered to manually recount all the votes in Florida. Bush did not take him up on it. The Florida Supreme court asked if Bush wanted it. Bush's team said no (this was mentioned in the Florida court's opinion). I doubt Al Gore's sincerity, but he did make the offer:
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>>http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/28/gore.transcript/
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>>Now, is it fair to blame Al Gore for George W. not taking him up on his offer?
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>If Gore/democrats really want to recount all the votes in Florida, he/democrats certainly don't need Bush's/republican's approval to recount evey county. Democrats can take it upon themselves to recount all the counties. Can't they? Or Am I missing something? If I am I'll be first to admit it and apologize.

It is my understanding that Bush is trying to block the manual recount:

Bush, meanwhile, has filed a challenge to Florida's manual recounts which is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. Both sides filed case briefs with the court Tuesday, meeting a 4 p.m. deadline.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/28/recount.wrap/index.html