[stevem]

Are you suggesting that the results were determined by "lawyering" rather than by the facts?

I thought Gore's lawyers were every bit as expensive as Bush's. What sealed it for Bush, despite CBS's best efforts were the facts and the law, both firmly in Bush's corner.

As for Gore getting out-lawyered, my favorite comment about that came from Brit Hume explaining an ancient legal bromide. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When neither the law nor the facts are on your side, pound the table.

[lepton]

What sealed it for Bush, despite CBS's best efforts were the facts and the law, both firmly in Bush's corner.

That, and the Gore legal team was repeatedly caught falsifying evidence given to their expert witnesses rather than working with what they did have. Ugh...people should have been prosecuted for the fake paper, and the re-arranged punch cards, and so forth.