But if you look at what others were doing to try and obtain for hm the corrected vote count and thus him the nation's highest office, and then his dismal response, then what exactly makes sense?
He had been inside the Beltway for decades, yet he didn't have a single friend in the Senate to call? He let the Black Caucus speak for free elections, and pretended their many efforts were not even happening?
From Fahrenheit Nine Eleven:
o "While Vice President Al Gore appeared to have accepted his fate contained in two wooden ballot boxes, Democratic members of the Congressional Black Caucus tried repeatedly to challenge the assignment of Florida's 25 electoral votes to Bush. More than a dozen Democrats followed suit, seeking to force a debate on the validity of Florida's vote on the grounds that all votes may not have been counted and that some voters were wrongly denied the right to vote." Susan Milligan, "It's Really Over: Gore Bows Out Gracefully," Boston Globe, January 7, 2001.
o The Congressional Black Caucus effort failed for "lack of the necessary signature by any senator." Sen. Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) had previously advised Democratic senators not to cooperate. 'They did not.'" Robert Novak, "Sweeney Link Won't Help Chao," Chicago Sun-Times, January 14, 2001.