Several things are clear, however.
First, the scapegoat in the event Al Gore doesn't win Florida is Ralph Nader. Nader, ever confident of his annointment of righteousness, refused to concede he may have assured the social gains of the last 50 years that have been protected by the US Supreme Court may go down the drain with a bunch of Bush appointees to the nation's highest court. Thus, some of the more liberal Justices may have their lives extended by at least four years if Bush takes office. Meanwhile, accusations flew fast and furious in Palm Beach County over the confusing ballot which apparently prompted some 19,000 voters to vote twice for President. Whatever the outcome of litigation in Florida over the Palm Beach ballot, the case will likely end up at the US Supreme Court, unless Gore pulls the plug on the legal challenges.