“Bush has solved a very short-term problem by filing the chief justice position [with a choice] that probably will get confirmed very easily. But he has set in motion a dynamic that will make the next [court nomination] much harder.”
“It is certainly appropriate and within their rights to appeal. But we think there legal argument is without merit and would be rejected by the justices on grounds this is properly a case before the Florida Supreme Court because the issues are issues of state law.”
“What it shows is what we've been saying all along -- there is no question that the majority of people on Election Day believed they left the booth voting for Al Gore.”
“They've spent a week trying to exclude the votes of men and women in uniform, police, fire, nurses, doctors. Now, their newfound dedication to the counting of ballots, though welcome, seems a little off.”
