A number of newspapers and online sites are reporting on the Miami Herald‘s recount of Flordia ballots. The newspaper found that George W. Bush would have won even with a recount…sort of.
The irony is that if disputed ballots were recounted according to the standard that Al Gore’s lawyers wanted, Bush would have won Florida by about 1,600 votes. On the other hand, if the courts had agreed to a recount but used the standard that the Bush legal team was offering, Bush would have lost by total of three votes.
Jake Tapper wrote an insightful analysis of the latest round in the 2000 election at Salon.Com.