I dissented from my two colleagues who thought the recount actually increased the risk anner own youse count of ballots which i thought was quite wrong. That case was reversed by the was on the court of appeals. If the recount had continued to probably wouldnt have altered the election. There have been some studies that indicate thats the case but the thing that may have roduced the result was the ballots they had in Palm Beach County if i remember correctly some of the details that Patrick Buchanan was on the seed a large number of ballots in an area that probably would have voted democratic. There is a belief gore lost more votes to Patrick Buchanan than to his opponent. That conceivably could have made a different. But it was just a very strange ballot form they had. It was hard for the voter to use. Time for one more question. I wanted to ask about your thoughts on the equal rights amendment. I know it wasnt addressed in your book and i was wondering if you could talk a little bit