Ditto, Easymoe. Fatty and I were talking about that yesterday. I thought Saul's ruling was the first logical, fair and well thought out action by anyone involved in this mess. Most everyone else appears to be partisan or playing hot-potato. I hope the Florida Supreme Court doesn't screw the pooch and overturn his ruling.
If I was a Bush supporter, I doubt I'd be wishing for the Florida legislature to step in and appoint electors. Such action, if Gore were to win the Florida popular vote because it was deemed that those absentee votes were illegal and not to be counted, would likely turn most of the non-partisan public against you. You'd win the battle (this presidency), but probably lose many more down the road due to backlash. You've already almost lost control of congress. It wouldn't take much disappointment on the public's part to give it to the Dem's in the next election.
Right now the Dem's are in that position. Regardless of what you personally think of Clinton, its a fact that most of America felt he was subjected to undue scrutiny and persecution. Don't argue whether it was warranted or not, that isn't the point. The point is that with their actions in this election, the Dem's have squandered whatever public sympathy they had relating to the Republican's 8 years of attacks on Clinton. The Rep's are preparing to hand that public sympathy right back to them.
Gordo
[This message has been edited by Lance (edited 12-08-2000).]