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>> gore got more. >> and it wasnt over, just halftime. >> the democrats went to the friendly state supreme court and won big. >> the circuit court shall order a manual recount of all undervotes. >> not only did the court deny bushs victory in florida, but it also ordered a new statewide recount of disputed ballots. >> good morning. >> advantage gore. >> did you believe at that point at all that you might win? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> why? >> because we had more votes. we just needed to get the...

>> i found, literally, a broom closet on the floor beneath where everybody was working, where i can close the door and think and write. >> after just 36 hours to prep, olson and boyce climbed the marble steps, each assembling into a legal stratosphere no one could have scripted. >> the time pressure is here. the fact that the presidency of the united states was at stake, the fact that this was a political battle, a media battle, and a legal battle all taking place, the perfect storm, all taking ...

Gore had withdrawn his concession. it was 4:00 a.m. >> gore said you do it. i said im not going to do it. forget about it. im not going to go out there at tv on 2:30. he said no, you do it. my god, ive got to go out there to a billion people worldwide watching this in the middle of the night in the u.s. to try to figure out who is the president of the united states. >> this race is simply too close to call and until the recount is conclude and results of florida becomes official our campaign con...

>> this phrase in my head kept repeating itself, too close to call. >> launching a war for the white house. >> the campaign chairman comes in and says to you. >> you better get people scrambling for a recount, and that was the holy shit moment. >> we were going to haul in florida unless they send in federal troops. >> 36 days of political combat at highest levels. >> the worst 36 days of my life. >> it was awful. >> in the end, the supreme court had the last word. >> if you were a screenwriter t...

Process working. >> destined for infamy. >> am i going to enjoy watching that tennessee robot cry when he hears the results? yes. does that make me partisan? i dont think so. republican florida secretary of state in charge of the recount, and she was also the state campaign co-chair for george w. bush. >> what we asked her for was that she would be an honest broker. >> and what was her response? >> oh, thank you. >> but you walked out of there and youre like -- >> forget this. you know. >> of co...

Normalcy, and as his team huddled inside it soon became clear that not everyone was in a take-no-prisoners mood. >> somebody came over to me and said senator, youre a young man with a great future, and so is al gore, and i just urge you to look at decisions that we have to make in that light. >> dont be a sore loser. >> yeah, and i was shocked, i must say, by that reaction. >> image was key during the recount, and each man stayed true to form. >> bush differed from gore significantly pause what ...

The entire process is tilted on its head, you cant have rules that say they must be -- ballots must be counted this way before the election and count them differently after the election. >> for team gore, david boyce countered the high court had no business intervening in the first place. >> that is something that has to be decided in the initial instance by the florida supreme court usurping florida law. >> the real issue is which court ought to be making that decision? historically, it was alw...

Movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. the election that should have been ended the same day it began is still dragging on one month later. >> 31 days into this, weve learned that anything is possible. >> like groundhog day. >> i just remember thinking, this is never going to end. >> after the florida supreme court allowed the recount to continue, the democrats could smell success.

>> the democrats went to the friendly state supreme court and won big. >> the circuit court shall order a manual recount of all undervotes. >> not only did the court deny bushs victory in florida, but it also ordered a new statewide recount of disputed ballots. >> good morning. >> advantage, gore. >> did you believe at that point at all that you might win? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> why? >> because we had more votes. we just needed to get them counted. >> vice presidents residence on friday nigh...

>> i found, literally, a broom closet on the floor be neat where everybody was working, where i can close the door and think and write. >> after just 36 hours to prep, olson and boys climbed the marble steps, each assembling into a legal stratosphere no one could have scripted. >> the time pressure is here. the fact that the presidency of the united states was at stake, the fact that this was a political battle, a media battle and a legal ball all dag place, the perfect storm, all taking place i...