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Article: Gore's legal victory in Florida Supreme Court keeps hopes alive.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- December 8, 2000
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WASHINGTON _ Vice President Gore's legal victory Friday kept alive his hope of winning the presidency, but it might have killed any chance he or George W. Bush had to govern with any help from Congress.
The Florida Supreme Court's order to manually recount ballots hit the political world with seismic force, instantly deepening fault lines dividing Democrats from Republicans and creating the possibility of a colossal fight to the finish in the GOP-controlled Congress.
Republicans, who had all but granted George W. Bush the mantle of president-elect, fumed at the notion that Gore could win a Florida recount and vowed to block _ via lawmakers if not judges _ ...