INTERPRETING EVENT

INTERPRETING AN EVENT
(Rewrite)

The 2000 Presidential Election marked an unforgettable event. On November 7, 2000 more than 100 million Americans voted for president. Democratic nominee, Vice-President Al Gore, was anticipating victory once the major television networks, early on election night, projected him to be the winner in the crucial state of Florida (Fitzpatrick 1). Within hours, however, the networks pronounced Florida too close to call. Early the next morning, Gore's Republican rival, Governor George W. Bush of Texas, was awarded Florida. Just as Gore was about to award publicly to Bush, anxious aides stopped him with news that the vote in Florida was in fact close enough to trigger an automatic recount (Fitzpatrick 1).
Unsettled Gore retracted his recognition from the discombobulated Bush, and thus began the epic post-election battle for the presidency. During thirty-six mad days at the end of 2000, two teams of lawyers became involved in one of the most sig...