[Voteamerica]

You are exactly right; Gore made his bed but didn’t want to sleep there. There isn’t much more to it as far as the truth about 2000 is concerned. My brother and I were guessing which way each state would go in ’04 last night and the subject of Florida came up. The butterfly ballot voters who were too idiotic to read the ballot won’t make the same mistake next time, meaning that Bush will have to make up around 20,000 votes there. Does Bush have a much stronger position in Florida this time then in 2000, because if he doesn’t he better get moving?

[EllaMinnow]

President Bush lost at least 20,000 votes in western Florida because of the networks' call of Florida for Gore an hour before the polls closed in the Central Time Zone.

That won't happen again.