During the 2000 election, I lived in one of the smallest states in the union - Rhode Island. Now living in Florida, I've had the experience (though I can't say pleasure) of meeting Katherine Harris, an infamous icon of the recount.
Watching Recount again today, among the many facts presented in the Hollywood movie, three stood out:
1) in only the second time in its history, the Supreme Court limited a ruling only to the specific case (Bush v Gore)
2) the Republican congressional aides who were flown in on the Enron private jet to disrupt the count in Miami-Dade
3) the email that effectively purged approximately 20K legitimate voters from the rolls
Ten years out and looking back on the *ush years - a legacy of 9/11, war, horrific environmental policies and domestic (example - Enron) to worldwide financial devastation (2008), one must ask...."How different would our lives be today if Gore was in office from 2000-2008?"
