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The high court issued a 7 2 decision overturning the statewide recount of disputed ballots ordered by the Florida Supreme Court. The justices cited constitutional problems with the recount.
cheap Canada Goose A spokesman for the Bush campaign saying that the Canada Goose Parka Texas governor is “pleased and gratified” by the decision, but the campaign is stopping short of declaring final victory.
As for Al Gore, his campaign manager says the vice president needed time to review the ruling and will respond in full detail today.
EILEEN O’CONNOR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.
buy canada goose jacket Well, the vice president is still here at the Naval Observatory. Aides say they’re going to be shortly having another conference call. They are conferring with their legal advisers, political aides to uk canada goose outlet see, they say, what are the options. They say it’s a very complicated decision, a complex one with many layers. And they want to see if there is still any avenue at all left to get some kind of manual recount begun. Most of them, though, say that it looks canada goose clearance pretty bleak, that the legal opinion looks devastating.
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canada goose deals O’CONNOR: Still other Democrats are hitting the vice president with calls for him to end this now and to concede because, they say, at the end of the day, buy canada goose jacket the next canada goose coats president will be George W. Bush, that that’s what was really in this Supreme Court decision.
buy canada goose jacket cheap And the some of the aides of the vice president, though, say that those calls were disappointing and that they should give the vice president the chance to canada goose uk shop consider this legal opinion, a very complicated canada goose black friday sale one, and that it only should be he who talks about concession.
Canada Goose Jackets But, as you know, the public pressure will build and the political pressure will build to end this once and for all. Already some Democrats saying, cheap canada goose uk look, it’s time to end it because it’s time also to unite the country Daryn.
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O’CONNOR: No, we’re being told that they’re going to have this conference call, that there’s some, you know and consider the options, and that we won’t know anything for canada goose store at least a couple more hours, at least late morning. But, again, there really is no firm timetable on any of this, Daryn.
KAGAN: OK, well, we will definitely check back with you.
And Canada Goose sale that leads us right to the Bush campaign. Camped out in Austin, Texas and covering that for us this morning is who do we have there? There we go, Jeanne Meserve.
canada goose coats JEANNE MESERVE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.
Gov. Bush at this hour receiving his national security briefing. It’s part of his daily routine and part of his preparation to be the next president of the United States. The outstanding question, of course, will he be Canada Goose Coats On Sale the president of the United States?
The Bush uk canada goose campaign privately says that it very much sees the Supreme Court decision as a victory, but they’re being quite circumspect in their canada goose factory sale public comments. The only on the record reaction thus far came from former Secretary of Canada Goose online State James Baker, who spoke last night in Florida. He pronounced buy canada goose jacket cheap Bush and his running mate Dick Cheney very pleased and gratified by the court’s ruling. This canada goose morning, Jim Nicholson of the Republican National Committee said he was cautiously optimistic but was in a wait and see attitude. What they’re waiting for, of course, is Al Gore. They want to see what moves and statements he makes today.
Canada Goose sale Nicholson also reacted to the criticism of the court and its decision from some Democrats.
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canadian goose jacket As for Gov. Bush, we’ve been told he will be going to the state Capitol in about a half an hour’s time. You can bet reporters will be throwing him questions, but we don’t know yet if he’ll answer and we’ll get some first canada goose clearance sale hand reaction to the Supreme Court decision Daryn.
Canada Goose Parka KAGAN: Jeanne Meserve in Austin, Texas, thank you very much.
canada goose We’ll move right to the place where Dick Cheney is headed today, and that is Capitol Hill, where we find our own Chris Black.
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