Whether Bush or Gore winds up President, the winner must take extraordinary efforts to include the losing party in running the nation Whatever happens now, nearly half the country will believe this Presidential election was stolen. Many Democrats are convinced that a partisan Republican Secretary of State in Florida wanted to rush certification of a phony George W. Bush victory rather than wait for an accurate vote count. Many Republicans believe that backers of Vice-President Al Gore are trying to encourage recount after recount until they finally end up with more votes.
Nobody wants to lose the game and feel they got cheated out of it.
On that last thought, both sides can agree. This is the easiest way to begin healing the wounds. The eventual winner immediately should pay a visit to the home of the losing candidate. Easier said than done. But it needs to be said.