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> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:02:48 -0800
> Subject: Take Part in Tonight's Nightline Town Meeting
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> "I hate the press." That's what the guy standing next to me on the subway
> this morning said to the woman he was with. They were talking about the
> current election crisis. From his conversation, and being pinned next to
> him in the crowded train, I heard every word, I could tell he was a
lawyer.
> So I took some consolation in the fact that he is a member of what is
> probably the only profession more loathed by the public than the media.
>
> The term "constitutional crisis" seems to be cropping up more and more in
> news coverage, and in conversation. I don't know anyone who doesn't think
> that this will ultimately all be resolved, but we are strangers in a
> strange land on all of this. There will definitely be some court cases.
But
> what if they are not resolved by the time that the Electoral College has
to
> meet? This is not something that you can go back and fix later. Come
> January, someone will have to stand up on the podium and take the oath.
But
> we have a long way to go before we get to that moment.
>
> I also find the results of the recount in Florida very troubling. Not the
> outcome itself, I leave that to the partisans on both sides, but the fact
> that so many ballots had either not been counted previously, or had been
> counted incorrectly. What does that say about all of our past elections?
>
> And what about public opinion? That will clearly play a part. Vice
> President Al Gore appears to have won the popular vote. If he ends up
> losing in Florida, and therefore loses the Electoral College, how will
that
> affect the ability of George W. Bush to govern? Now, granted, there is a
> lot of public posturing going on, both sides trying to sway the public
and
> drive the outcome their way. But the possibility of further recounts in
> other states besides Florida is being raised more and more. There are a
> number of states where the results are almost as close as Florida's. If
the
> Republicans lose in Florida, will they demand a recount in another state?
> Will the Democrats then go after a state where Bush won a narrow victory?
> Where will this end?
>
> So tonight Ted Koppel will anchor a town meeting from the campus of
> Georgetown University Law School. We will have a panel of constitutional
> and election law experts who will try to explain what lies ahead on this
> long, strange road ahead of us. If we are in fact entering a
> constitutional crisis, we hope that this panel, aided by questions from
the
> audience, can help us all understand what is happening. Tonight's town
> meeting will run at least an hour, and will probably go longer.
>
> We can use your help on all of this, too. If you have questions that you
> would like raised on the broadcast tonight, please log on to our Web
site,
> www.Nightline.abcnews.com, and send us your questions.
>
> And as for that lawyer who hates the press? Well, like it or not, the
> outcome of this election is going to be determined, in large part, by
> lawyers, and the media. The way that this story is covered will have a
huge
> effect on public opinion, and that will affect how both sides proceed. I
> hope that all of us will be at our best in the coming weeks. I don't
think
> the stakes have ever been higher.
>
> Nov. 10, 2000
>
> Leroy Sievers
> Executive Producer
> "Nightline" Office
> Washington, D.C.
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