The generals in Al Gore's army were coming to grips with the idea of losing the war. A ruling by a Florida judge last Friday morning had cleared the way for Katherine Harris, the George W. Bush ally who is also Florida's secretary of state, to announce a final statewide vote tally on Saturday--one that ignored hand recounts in three Democratic counties. The decision left the men who were leading the charge for Gore--campaign chairman Bill Daley and former Secretary of State Warren Christopher--staring into the abyss. Without the hand-counted votes, Harris would surely declare Bush the winner--and Gore's options would...
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