-Caveat Lector-
London Times-THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16 2000
Chance remark shakes balance
>From DANIEL MCGRORY IN MIAMI
A CHANCE remark by a woman with a key role in the choice of
President threatened to sabotage George W. Bush�s chances
yesterday.
Obsessed with chasing law suits, the Republican high command
forgot to check with the 25 party faithful who comprise their
Electoral College delegates to confirm that they will vote for Mr
Bush when they meet next month.
But then Berta Moralejo, a 52-year-old grandmother, let slip that
she is so troubled by all this wrangling that she is dithering
over who to back.
There is no law obliging her to back Mr Bush, even if he wins the
disputed popular vote in Florida, and Mrs Moralejo said in a
television interview: �It�s a free country. Nobody has contacted
me yet. Nobody said you have to vote Republican, so I�ll go on my
own will.�
This hint of rebellion sent Republicans scurrying around to
ensure that no other delegates were about to break ranks. A party
official refused to say whether Governor Bush had telephoned Mrs
Moralejo but by last night she was, in the party�s words, �firmly
on side�.
She insisted that she had not been leant on. The Democrats seized
on Mrs Moralejo�s remarks as evidence that some of their
opponents are uneasy about the tactics being used to stifle
recounts and legal battles.
Mrs Moralejo, who moved to Florida from Cuba in 1962, was
astounded last night at the constitutional crisis she had
provoked. Only seven Electoral College delegates have deserted
their party in the past century, and they did not matter because
the results were a foregone conclusion.This time it is much
closer and the vote of every delegate counts.
Mrs Moralejo insists that she will not defect. Yesterday both
parties were considering making �courtesy calls� to their 25
Florida delegates to ensure that there was no more wavering.
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