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Leading Democrats Tell Gore Not To Sue Over Election Results
By Jim Burns
CNS Senior Staff Writer
November 10, 2000

(CNSNews.com) – Former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, who challenged Vice
President Al Gore for the Democratic Presidential nomination predicted
Friday that Gore would win the election when the Florida ballots are
counted. However, Bradley doesn’t think his former opponent should mount a
legal challenge if Bush is certified the winner in Florida.

Speaking at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, Bradley said,
“it wouldn’t be wise for a candidate to mount a drawn-out legal challenge
once the final votes are counted. If you appear as a sore loser and draw
this thing out and out, you won’t have a political future.”

On Thursday, Senator Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Chairman of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee, urged Gore not to turn the Florida ballot
dispute into a rancorous court battle because it could spark a court fight
that could harm the American political system.

Torricelli told reporters at Princeton University in New Jersey that America
would be best served by bringing the election to a timely and definitive
close because Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush seems poised
for what Torricelli called a “retaliatory strike.”

“I want Al Gore to win this election, but more than that, I want somebody to
win this election. I would urge both Al Gore and George Bush to think of the
country, the continuity of government, its stability and avoid any
collateral attacks on the process,” Torricelli said.

Torricelli continued, “There is going to have to be a very compelling case
for anybody to take this into a court of law. It’s a downward spiral. It may
begin in Florida but it can go to other states and ultimately the presidency
of the United States should not be decided by a judge.”

Meanwhile, former Florida gubernatorial candidate and the current President
of the Family Research Council, Ken Connor said Friday that the people
should decide elections and not the courts.

“This presidential election should be decided by a recount, not by a
re-vote. Voter error happens in every election, but mere error does not
amount to fraud. The design of the ballot in Palm Beach, as elsewhere, was
published in advance and approved by local authorities. Sample ballots were
available to voters,” Connor said.

Connor continued, “The absurd demand that Palm Beach voters alone be
permitted to cast their votes in a new election would wreak havoc with
justice. The recount of Tuesday’s actual vote must rule.”