[tanknetter]

Um, this does have me concerned. Possible scenario (comments, please?): it's late October and the Kerry Campaign starts launching all sorts of preemptive lawsuits in Florida claiming disenfranchisement conspiracies being run by the GOP and the Bush brothers (like those the US Commission on Civil Rights is STILL promoting).

EVERY media outlet would be drawn to THAT like flies to honey. Even with the claims being complete BS, it could conceivably knock Bush off message VERY late in the game and amount to a repeat of the Walsh indictments in 1992 and the DUI release in 2000.

[Dianna]

EVERY media outlet would be drawn to THAT like flies to honey. Even with the claims being complete BS, it could conceivably knock Bush off message VERY late in the game and amount to a repeat of the Walsh indictments in 1992 and the DUI release in 2000.

If he began this even before the election, he would tick off huge numbers of the mushy middle. Last time, the people were willing to wait until things were sorted out, but the longer it went on the more impatient with Gore they got. I don't think people will tolerate whining and warnings beforehand, they'll punish him at the voting booth and make it all irrelevant.