Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists . I think it's Al Gore's last chance to overcome the deficit that he has in the vote. He really only has a couple lifelines left, given the setbacks he suffered on Monday. He has another lifeline in the potential opportunity to throw away a whole bunch of Republican votes in Seminole and Martin Counties in Florida, suits brought by local Democrats not directly associated with Gore's campaign. But short of that, it looks like the momentum is certainly moving toward Bush's direction.
Republicans are certainly upbeat.
They are very encouraged by these latest advances for George W. Bush, and they're moving full-speed ahead with the transition. Cheney has really been the point man for Gov. Bush in Washington in meeting with the Republican leadership in the House and the Senate, and getting that transition going as much as they can within proper boundaries given the fact that the election is somewhat still in doubt. At the same time, the Democrats are putting their best face forward. They certainly are not giving up completely, although behind the scenes they certainly aren't as upbeat as the Republicans. They know that Gore and his legal team have a very, very difficult uphill struggle ahead of them in the next few days.