From the candidates. Or clarity born of a unanimity among Florida's officials. If only someone had said, right off the bat, we must recount the whole state by hand. We must count precisely this sort of chad. We must count until all the counting's done.
Elections are never perfect.
The first result must stand, lest confusion forever reign. More interesting by far than the campaign, a thousand times as compelling as the candidates. No wonder we were patient. Here, at last, after dreary and passionless months, was drama. Its twists and turns seemed endless.