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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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