The recounts showed that Bush won. Period.
His argument is that some people were too stupid to follow instructions and voted for Buchanan instead of Gore and that some other people were too stupid to follow instructions and voted for two candidates instead of just Gore, therefore Gore should have won.
Fine, if he wants to play that game, let's take him at his word.
So we give Gore a few thousand more votes.
Then we note the people who were deterred from voting in the Central time zone due to the incorrect call of Florida, in counties that went 2-1 for Bush.
Maybe Gore's still ahead.
Then we take into account all the felons who voted but shouldn't have. These people were registered 2-1 Democratic and clearly broke for Gore.
Then we adjust for all the non-citizens who voted, who again broke for Gore.
So even if we take Toobin at his word and make adjustments based on his claims, if we make ALL such adjustments, Bush still comes out on top.
I don't know why Toobin wasted a year writing this book. His conclusion was written in January, then he did his research. The fact that one of us could knock down his conclusion in a couple minutes just by citing things he didn't mention (like felons and non-citizens) shows how weak his argument is.
Because she was wrong! And knew it!
Because there is the Today Show to plug it, and meatheads like Couric who will buy it.