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The back story comes from the 2000 election. Bush won Florida by 537 votes. Nader, the Green Party candidate, got 98,000 votes, with analysts saying most of those votes would have gone to Gore if Nader were not on the ballot.
Last week a Florida Circuit Court judge issued a temporary injunction to keep Nader OFF the 2004 ballot, saying Nader did not follow state law for minor candidates.
End of story? Of course not.
The hearing for the permanent injunction was scheduled for tomorrow.
ENTER Hurricane Ivan, and the strained logic of Florida's Republican-appointed state election director, Dawn Roberts.
Roberts said the hurricane raised a "substantial question as to when such a hearing" would be held. So Roberts said Nader will be on the ballot despite the injunction (the power to do this comes from the state's appeal of the temporary injunction... which automatically lifts it.)
Secretary of State Glenda Hood ordered Florida's 67 election supervisors today to add Nader's name to the ballot. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0409140116sep14,1,7557289.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed Florida Democrats are now crying "blatant partisan maneuvering" by the President's brother, Governor Jeb Bush, and are promising a fight. Surprised?
Add two more legs to this one:
The Florida Supreme Court decided Monday to take up the issue of Nader's candidacy.
And Florida Elections Supervisors face a Saturday deadline to mail absentee ballots, with or without Nader's name.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-nader14sep14,1,426624.story?coll=la-news-elect2004Ah, Florida.
Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts live at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.
* The presidential race is a TIE, so says one recent poll, the IBD/TIPP poll puts Bush and Kerry at 47 %.
http://www.investors.com/editorial/feature.asp(The Rasmussen tracking poll also has the race at a virtual tie.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Presidential_Tracking_Poll.htm )
* More back and forth on those Killian memos regarding Bush's guard service.
The lead expert retained by CBS News to examine the controversial memos says he examined only the late officer's signature and made no attempt to authenticate the documents themselves.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18982-2004Sep13.htmlCBS stands by its story.
* Keith's look at Dirty Tricks of campaign's past.
Here are some of the other stories we're working on for tonight's show.
* Car Chase Shocker: Man drops baby out of car while being chased by police. The baby was in a car seat. Baby lives. Video at 8.
* Bad Sport: Texas Rangers relief pitcher Frank Francisco was arrested on aggravated assault charges after throwing a chair into the stands during a game against the Oakland A's last night. Two fans were injured, one woman's nose was broken. C'mon, Frank.
Finally,
Yesterday we learned you could get arrested for leaving a bad tip.
Today we KNOW that you can get convicted for a practical joke.
Paul Goudy was sentenced to probation, a $500 fine and an apology after for snatching the hairpiece from an unsuspecting man at a Pennsylvania restaurant. Goudy snatched the man's gold chain AND hairpiece, apparently in one fell swoop, after his buddy dared him to do it for 100 bucks.
Goudy plead guilty to theft by unlawful taking.
Now justice has been served. Message: hands off the hairpiece, hands off the bling. And ignore your stupid friends.
-- Carey Fox
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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/More:
Hurricane Ivan weakened further Tuesday to 140 mph but was still strong enough to trigger evacuations from New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle. More than 1 million people were urged to evacuate the vulnerable New Orleans area.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5960400/A car bomb exploded near a police station in Baghdad early Tuesday as dozens of Iraqis were applying to join the force, killing at least 47 people and wounding 114, officials said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5949556/The expansive agenda President Bush laid out at the Republican National Convention was missing a price tag, but administration figures show the total is likely to be well in excess of $3 trillion over a decade.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18876-2004Sep13.htmlThomas Jefferson is getting a makeover, the first since his face was put on the nickel in 1938. It's the latest in a series of design changes for the coins.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/09/14/jefferson_getting_a_makeover_on_nickel/=========================================
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