Democrats optimistic as midterms move their way
With recounts in Florida looking more positive for Democratic governorship candidates and Congress votes yet to be completed, Republicans may not have the massive majority they anticipated, reports Marion McKeone
Eighteen years ago, almost to the day, I stood in a car park in Florida watching election officials charged with recounting votes in the chaotic aftermath of the 2000 presidential race between George W Bush and Al Gore.
Taking Florida’s ‘sunshine’ law that demands election transparency to its extreme, the hapless officials sat at a row of picnic tables, sweat pouring down their faces as they squinted into magnifying glasses, trying to distinguish ...
