[Congressman Billybob]

This description of what the Democrats sought in the Florida 2000 litigation is wrong. Gore sought to EXTEND the deadlines to certify the election, not SHORTEN them. He got that result from the Fla SC. Gore was seeking ANOTHER extension, when the US SC cut off the process and said nos mas.

The US SC final opinion is sloppy. It has, as I recall, six different opinion clusters generated by just nine Justices. (It's been three years since I read that decision, even though I participated in the case.) And it helps to draw a chart to keep track of which Justice supported which part of the decision. (One of the info babes misreported the outcome as a Gore win because she lost track of who wrote what.)

John / Billybob

[Cboldt]

This description of what the Democrats sought in the Florida 2000 litigation is wrong. Gore sought to EXTEND the deadlines to certify the election, not SHORTEN them.

We agree on that point. I said ....

Gore got the FLorida Supreme court to move the statutory certification deadline. This shortened the amount of time available for court-supervised recounts (the post-certification period was shortened at Gore's demand)