RE: florida repolling
Let us not rush to judgement without deeper thinking. The benefits (dollars) to flow from Washington to Minneapolis will be decidely different under Gore as opposed to Bush. Therefore, the outcome in Florida, while superficially non-Minneapolis is nevertheless a Minneapolis concern in very practical terms. Were the Florida issue about it's governor, then the debacle there could not be construed as a Minneapolis issue. That being said some posts have indeed waltzed unto rather thin ice, losing pertinence as a result. It is a very tough call to say when something might or might not have practical impact on Minneapolis; but it is not a tough call to send the issue over unto MN-Politics-Discuss. >Folks, be careful. While the Strib editorial board is a Minneapolis issue >(sometimes), we shouldn't get into re-hashing the Florida debacle, which >isn't. > >Thanks, >David Brauer >List manager and keeper of local focus > > Jack Ferman Minneapolis, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: florida repolling
Clark > Also, the polls in both state (NY and Ca) were overwhelmingly > Democratic. Gore's popular lead is from those states where many > Republicans simply stayed away. Its not a "real" test of > popularity. Just consider the chilling effect on Republican votes > in California alone when NY, Mi, Pa, Ma, Ill and Florida were > projected as gore states. It was over a hundred thousand there > alone. Don't get caught up in this hysteria. It is B, as in B, S, > as in S. Are you saying the the Republican's stayed away from the polls because areas were mostly Democratic? Doesn't that cut both ways? Perhaps the Democratic vote stayed home because the Democrats were going to win anyway. I don't buy this argument, if Gore wins the popular vote Gore wins the popular vote. IMHO who wins the popular vote should be president. Cheers;
RE: florida repolling
Folks, be careful. While the Strib editorial board is a Minneapolis issue (sometimes), we shouldn't get into re-hashing the Florida debacle, which isn't. Thanks, David Brauer List manager and keeper of local focus
Re: florida repolling
If people were confused by the ballor, then redo the vote. The franchise is more important than the candidate to the vision of the constitution. It should be no big deal to redo Palm Beach and it's county--it's not the whole nation after all. If even Pat Buchanan says those weren't his votes, then. . . . Plus, with brother Jeb Bush being gov of the state, my cynical heart is, let us say, suspicious. Wizard Marks, Central Mark Trehus wrote: > Too much is at stake here NOT to repoll anyone confused by the "butterfly > ballot," if not the whole damn state! Gore has won the popular vote and > (without Fla.) the majority of the remaining electoral college votes. It > would be a damn shame if George W. Bush got into office because people > accidentally voted for someone other than the person they wanted. As an > anti-Bush person (I voted for Nader, but am all for the lesser of two evils > at this point), I would be pissed if the shoe were on the other foot, and > (hypothetically) Bush votes had erroneously gone to Nader, but I would > expect nothing less than the voice of the people to prevail. Isn't that, in > essence, what a democracy is about? > > Mark Trehus, Oar Folkjokeopus
Re: florida repolling
Minnesota has a huge interest in maintaining the electoral system. Just think of the attention a popularly elected president would give to our state if he need five million votes in New York or California. Also, the polls in both state (NY and Ca) were overwhelmingly Democratic. Gore's popular lead is from those states where many Republicans simply stayed away. Its not a "real" test of popularity. Just consider the chilling effect on Republican votes in California alone when NY, Mi, Pa, Ma, Ill and Florida were projected as gore states. It was over a hundred thousand there alone. Don't get caught up in this hysteria. It is B, as in B, S, as in S. Clark Griffith 7th Ward, where there were no confused voters.
