They don't understand that they've lost that fight and that Bush is willing to repudiate the fight and everyone in it--including them--in order to ruin Gore's strategy and beat him.
They simply cannot fathom how they lost that bought.
mnli hypothesis: They simply cannot fathom how they lost that bought. premise: They don't understand that they've lost that fight and that Bush is willing to repudiate the fight and everyone in it--including them--in order to ruin Gore's strategy and beat him.