May 30, 2008
A Historic Political Street Fight
'Recount' recalls 'Bush v. Gore'
If a college football game ends in a tie, each team gets the ball on its opponent's 25-yard line and takes turns trying to score. When a round ends with one team ahead, that team wins. In other words, the way you decide a tied football game is by playing a different game.
Sports analogies are way overdone in politics, but keep this one in mind if you watch Recount, the new HBO movie about the 2000 presidential election that will make its debut on
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