Election 2000: What It Took

The winner is still uncertain, but here's the inside story of the key moments that propelled Bush and Gore to a deadlocked Election Day

MONEY DOES GROW ON TREES

"This is what the valley has been waiting for! This is what the valley has been waiting for!"

The old lady at the table in the center of the room is shouting like a high school cheerleader. It's April 1998, and George W. Bush is standing in front of a huge plate-glass window that frames much of Silicon Valley. Bush is out near Sand Hill Road, home to the venture capitalists, and he is talking with unusual passion about education, the New Economy and his record in Texas. The small banquet room is overflowing with VCs,...

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