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Post-Election Saga Wearing Thin on Many Americans

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, the post-election saga is wearing thin on many Americans.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Absolutely. A lot of people are saying enough already, and Al Gore should bow out now. Others, though, pressuring him to fight on.

CNN's Anne McDermott has reaction from the West Coast.

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ANNE MCDERMOTT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Waiting for a president: it can get tiresome, not for him, but for people watching him and his colleagues.

This visitor to the L.A. Zoo, for example, a retired Bush supporter, says enough is enough.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If they're going to recount three counties, they should recount the whole state. If they're going to recount the whole state, do it, and quit talking about it.

MCDERMOTT: They haven't quit talking about it at Casanova's beauty salon, but these Gore supporters are getting tired of waiting, as well.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We need a president, and need it now.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They're being so selfish.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, they're being selfish

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Stop being so selfish, both of you guys, and let's go on.

MCDERMOTT: Across town at the famous Mann's Chinese Theatre, another Gore supporter, Tonya Claxton (ph), of Oregon, says that's it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think Gore should concede. I think it's obvious he's lost.

MCDERMOTT: But another Democrat, Duane Richardson (ph), who makes deliveries to gas stations says hold on.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For one, what's the rush? What is the rush?

MCDERMOTT: Nearby, a Marilyn Monroe impersonator wonders the same thing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's definitely something that's going to go down in history. People will definitely remember this election.

MCDERMOTT: Well, even these Brazilian newlyweds agree with that. They also agree it's nice to know America isn't perfect.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In Brazil, people think that, Oh, they are America, they have everything perfect, but now say: Oh, they have problems, too.

MCDERMOTT: Then, they continued on with their honeymoon in America.

Anne McDermott, CNN, Los Angeles.

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KAGAN: Very interesting, there.

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