There are too many votes, they say, for Pat Buchanan in Palm Beach County. They don't disclose that third-party registrations there reveal it to be a hot bed of activism, and Mr. Buchanan earned similar numbers in 1996. The spin never alludes to the long-term implications of Mr. Gore's sophomoric conduct and his minions' rhetoric. Imagine elections decided by the courts that have given us the McDonald's hot coffee damages, found abortion rights in the Fourth Amendment, and imposed employer liability for sexual harassment even when the employee doesn't complain. Judicial intervention makes voting moot.
Judicial intervention gives one man power over election outcomes.
The dynamics of an election don't permit do-overs, nor does the constitution, spin doctors' theories and assertions aside. Absent fraud or illegality, and there is no evidence of such here, elections stand. No one denies that the election was close. No one denies that voters made mistakes. No one denies the recount right in Florida.