Supreme Court Intervenes in Dispute

"What is a politician? A politician is someone who asks the rich for money and the poor for votes. Someone who makes both the rich and the poor believe that they will protect their interests!"

—American Politics

On November 28, the Democratic Party proposed another swift-resolution plan, asking the Leon County Circuit Court in Florida to permit manual recounts in Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties to be completed within seven days starting on the 29th.

At the same time, Al Gore stated in a speech in Washington D.C. that the manual recount of the 14,000 disputed ballots in Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade County, Florida could absolutely be completed within a week. The Leon County Circuit Court could also issue a ruling within the next two or three days, and the combined time needed for both matters would not exceed the December 12 deadline.

George W. Bush's Republican Party camp flatly rejected Democratic candidate Al Gore's recount proposal. Instead, they adopted a strategy of going with the flow, petitioning the Leon County Circuit Court in Florida to have all 1.15 million ballots from Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties submitted to the court, so that if the judge decided on a manual recount, they could all be counted together rather than only the 14,000 "disputed ballots" requested by Gore's camp.

At the same time, George W. Bush's camp also began forming its transition team!

Clearly, this was an open scheme. Manually recounting all 1.15 million ballots would not be finished even by December 12.

The Republican Party's delaying strategy was flawless.

The Leon County Circuit Court in Florida also rejected Al Gore's request for a seven-day recount focused on the 14,000 disputed ballots.

After all, the Republican Party's reasoning was that since the Democratic Party wanted a full recount, all 1.15