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The 2000 Presidential Election |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / WORLD VIEWS |
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| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2001 |
| Size: 2,854 Words, 22,751 Characters |
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GREAT BRITAIN--The argument that Gore won the election is at first glance overwhelming. With almost all votes tallied, he led Bush by approximately 250,000 votes nationwide. So by any rational measure, surely, the banner headline would be: Gore Wins! Not so. ... Why? Because it is the electoral college, not voters at large, that ultimately decides who takes that glorious walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. vbcrlf vbcrlf Should not Bush do the decent thing and cede the election to Mr. Gore? Although it seems logical, it would be a very bad precedent. The Republicans can argue with justice that they fought the election under an agreed set of rules that included the electoral college system. If Gore loses, his only proper cours...
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...he image of a superpower being at a standstill at the threshold of the new century. Behind all this is not just the somewhat disenchanted Americans' belief that both Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush lack the strong leadership needed for presidency. In fact, American society is still undecided on which direction its government should take in the post-Cold War world. --Tokyo Shimbun November 9, 2000 vbcrlf
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