This is an amazing story. Printed in the New York Daily News on November 1st, a week before the election, it quotes a Bush aide saying that if Bush lost the electoral vote but won the popular vote, they would fight, mounting a campaign to sway the decision of the members of the Electoral College to vote for 'the will of the people'.

It's staggering how much the tables turn when Bush has lost the popular vote, and stands a chance of winning the electoral vote he was deriding before.

I've now officially lost all respect for the actions of the Bush camp. They call for hand-recounts in New Mexico, and file injunctions to stop hand-recounts in Palm Beach. They vow to make 'the will of the people' decide the president over the Electoral College, and when they find that the will of the people is for Gore, they mount an attack to protect their Electoral College votes in direct conflict with their earlier position.

This is a race Bush wants to win, and he'll do it by any means necessary, sacrificing the people and sacrificing consistency of position. The only way the nation will pull through this is if the system is respected, and that system encompasses the election system, the judicial system, and all the rest. Nobody wants to see a judge pick the president, but if it comes down to that, via the system, then it's better than changing the system because we don't like where it leads.