aign workers; Doug Hattaway recalls the Gore campaign headquarters as bustling with high energy and the volunteers and interns brimming with passion. (McDonald, p1) Also, the endorsement and high turn-out of the labor unions, the millions of dollars spent by independent organizations running commercials and ads in areas they showed would most aid Gore, Gore and Lieberman’s speeches and activity and Gore’s success in the third debate contributed to Gore success. Al Gore won the popular vote defiantly but is missing the 270 electoral votes because of Florida. Bush has been certified the winner in Florida by 537 votes, making him the president elect. However, the Gore campaign in currently contesting Florida’s votes and has requested a manual recount due to the irregularities and large number of ballots that were not counted. The legal battle may take some time but hopefully Gore will prevail and a full recount will be granted and Gore elected president. In Election 2000 the winning factor of the Presidency does not lie in the campaign strategies but with the legal strategy in our court system. The winning of the popular vote was a great accomplishment and hopefully within the next few weeks, Gore’s legal team will be able to make the next great accomplishment in the courts....
