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Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa. 369 00:22:54,350 --> 00:22:56,357 Karl wants protestors outside of Gore's home. 370 00:22:56,892 --> 00:22:57,817 There you go. 371 00:22:58,546 --> 00:22:59,694 Now listen, people, 372 00:22:59,897 --> 00:23:02,774 this is a street fight for the presidency of the United States. 373 00:23:02,894 --> 00:23:06,868 I'm told they have a well-oiled operation just waitin' to clobber us. 374 00:23:07,209 --> 00:23:09,662 It ain't gonna get more political than this. 375 00:23:09,866 --> 00:23:12,291 We want to proceed as if this 376 00:23:12,493 --> 00:23:14,357 is a proper legal process, 377 00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:16,962 not a political street fight. 378 00:23:17,164 --> 00:23:20,003 Gore wants to pull Jesse Jackson out of Florida as quickly as possible. 379 00:23:20,123 --> 00:23:21,695 When I spoke to the Vice President 380 00:23:21,815 --> 00:23:23,889 he said he wanted to fight this with every possible... 381 00:23:24,009 --> 00:23:25,925 There is concern that protestors might diminish 382 00:23:26,045 --> 00:23:27,590 what should be an orderly process. 383 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:30,518 If a fight broke out and, let's say, the police overreacted... 384 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,724 Even worse, a riot... 385 00:23:33,369 --> 00:23:34,744 No one wants that. 386 00:23:35,331 --> 00:23:37,281 Chaos will not help our cause. 387 00:23:38,395 --> 00:23:40,434 Okay, I'll ask Donna to talk to Jesse Jackson. 388 00:23:40,554 --> 00:23:43,322 Our attorneys at Holland & Knight... I thought we had negotiated their fee. 389 00:23:43,524 --> 00:23:46,282 We had, but they suddenly discovered a conflict of interest. Mitch? 390 00:23:46,485 --> 00:23:49,410 It's pretty simple. Jeb Bush doles out a lot of business in this state. 391 00:23:49,812 --> 00:23:52,272 His chief counsel has made clear the consequences 392 00:23:52,392 --> 00:23:53,833 of taking us on as a client. 393 00:23:54,158 --> 00:23:58,129 So there is not one major law firm in Florida that will represent Al Gore. 394 00:23:58,468 --> 00:24:00,046 This is already a mess. 395 00:24:00,249 --> 00:24:04,009 Our first step should be exploring this butterfly ballot situation. 396 00:24:04,871 --> 00:24:06,636 The ballot was designed by a democrat 397 00:24:07,027 --> 00:24:09,723 and approved by the democrats in Palm Beach before election day. 398 00:24:10,326 --> 00:24:12,340 They don't have a leg to stand on. 399 00:24:12,460 --> 00:24:16,414 I went through a ballot configuration dispute on the Connie Mack recount... 400 00:24:17,018 --> 00:24:18,565 There are no legal remedies. 401 00:24:18,685 --> 00:24:20,963 The constitution says presidential elections 402 00:24:21,083 --> 00:24:23,649 must be held on a single day throughout the nation. 403 00:24:23,769 --> 00:24:26,774 There isn't a court in the state that would be crazy enough 404 00:24:26,894 --> 00:24:28,491 to grant them a revote. 405 00:24:28,694 --> 00:24:32,037 Looks like Chris won't be able to negotiate his way out of this one. 406 00:24:32,398 --> 00:24:36,333 I'm sure Jim will want to negotiate a fair method to settle this affair. 407 00:24:37,197 --> 00:24:39,309 Some Palm Beach groups have already filed lawsuits. 408 00:24:39,429 --> 00:24:42,390 - I think we should join them. - No, we don't want to go to court. 409 00:24:42,510 --> 00:24:45,652 But if we're pursuing this as a legal process and not a political fight, 410 00:24:45,772 --> 00:24:47,927 as Chris said, then we're gonna have to file lawsuits. 411 00:24:48,130 --> 00:24:49,697 Gore doesn't want to send the message 412 00:24:49,778 --> 00:24:51,849 that he's suing to be President of the United States. 413 00:24:52,051 --> 00:24:53,675 Absolutely no lawsuits. 414 00:24:54,830 --> 00:24:57,897 I want to file a lawsuit in Federal Court as quickly as possible. 415 00:25:00,099 --> 00:25:01,816 It'd get thrown out immediately. 416 00:25:02,019 --> 00:25:02,997 You bet, 417 00:25:03,737 --> 00:25:05,988 but I want us on track for the U.S. Supreme Court. 418 00:25:06,331 --> 00:25:07,940 I don't think they'd even hear it. 419 00:25:08,060 --> 00:25:10,150 And we'd get crucified by our own people 420 00:25:10,270 --> 00:25:12,410 for pushing a state issue into Federal Court. 421 00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:14,277 Well, that's right, 422 00:25:15,392 --> 00:25:19,314 but as some of you may know, I love to cull turkeys in the spring, 423 00:25:20,584 --> 00:25:23,839 as did Lawton Chiles, the former governor of the great state of Florida, 424 00:25:24,041 --> 00:25:26,424 though I contend I was the better shot. 425 00:25:29,338 --> 00:25:32,275 Now there's no love lost between Chiles and the Bush family 426 00:25:32,395 --> 00:25:35,643 ever since that dirty campaign he fought against Jebbie in '94, 427 00:25:35,956 --> 00:25