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IT was almost impossible for Labor to win the election and unseat the Howard Government, Labor powerbroker Senator Robert Ray said tonight. "I think at this stage of the evening it's going to be almost impossible for Labor to win this election," he told Channel 9. "We are too far behind in too many seats at this stage for victory." Senator Ray said Labor would probably come out of the election with fewer seats in the House of Representatives. But even if Labor lost seats, he believed Opposition Leader Mark Latham would hold on to his position, he said.

. The case was reassigned to Circuit Judge Terry Lewis, who will convene a hearing at 8 p.m. Friday with lawyers for both Gore and his rival George W. Bush to work out how the recount should be conducted. Judge Lewis has dealt with several other post-election cases......

Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000 5:17 p.m. EST Judicial Watch Recount Could Blunt Dem Threats Threats from President Clinton and other key Democrats to prove Al Gore actually won the state of Florida by conducting endless vote recounts may fall flat - thanks to the efforts of the Washington, D.C.-based legal watchdog group Judicial Watch. While planned recounts by Democrat-friendly media organs like the Miami Herald, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News may lump questionable ballots with dimpled, pregnant or taped-on chads into the overall Gore vote - the audit currently under way by Judicial Watch is ...

If Florida's Legislature Nullifies 6 Million Votes, Democrats Can Nullify Florida If Al Gore is declared the winner in Florida, the Republican leaders of the Florida legislature plan to nullify 6 million votes by choosing Republican electors for Bush. But Democrats can play this game of dirty pool too. There are seven states that voted for Bush, but are controlled by Democratic legislatures: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia. If any ONE of these states switches its electors to Gore, then Gore wins - even if Bush steals Florida's 25 votes.