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clockwork
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posted 07 March 2003 06:13 AM      Profile for clockwork     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Is such a scenario unimaginable? The fact is, it happened--not in 2000, but in 1876, when New York Gov. Samuel Tilden, the Democratic nominee, went to bed on Election Night with a solid 250,000 plurality over Ohio Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes, only to see Hayes win the White House after a two-month battle where bribery, blackmail, extortion, voter fraud, and murder were freely employed by partisans of both candidates. It may seem like the stuff of fiction--in fact, Gore Vidal's novel 1876 puts the contest at the center of its plot--but the real story, set down by author and onetime political correspondent Roy Morris Jr., has enough drama, melodrama, farce, and tragedy to power a dozen such books. Morris's blend of research, narrative skill, and historical perspective renders Fraud of the Century a compelling tale for anyone even remotely interested in American political history.

Hayes's Ride


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josh
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posted 07 March 2003 08:20 AM      Profile for josh     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Know it well. But at least in that election, Congress, albeit indirectly, was able to make the final decision by putting the commission together. Unlike in 2000, when the Supreme Court decided to usurp the democratic process, and Congress's role, by making the decision.
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