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Election 2000: Gore Continuing to Raise Public Profile; Bush Team Sending Cheney, Lawyers Out Front to Argue Case

Aired November 29, 2000 - 11:35 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: We had our interview with Mary Cheh, talking about the Supreme Court, we had to interrupt that to show you the hearing. We are going to go back and talk with the Supreme Court this time with Bob Franken, who has been covering the story for us.

Bob, I want to get to the point -- he called us girls. I know that that is what you were giggling.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That sounded like Supreme Court material to me.

KAGAN: If you want to talk about an important matter. He meant it as a term of endearment.

FRANKEN: That is called suicide by Bill.

KAGAN: I know, no, he is doing just fine.

Anyhow, Supreme Court, I want to get back to a point I was talking with Professor Cheh about and that is something that really is remarkable, as if all of this was not historic enough the fact that how the Supreme Court is going to be handling this, releasing these audio tapes after the oral arguments on Friday.

FRANKEN: Well, first of all, it's remarkable, but it's not remarkable. The Supreme Court, in fact, has recorded its sessions, and has released, on a delayed basis, audio tapes to the public.

But what is remarkable is they're doing it is so quickly, and what is also remarkable is that some of the justices are known to consider this the nose under the tent. Of course, there has been a strong resistance within the court to stop live television, and there are those people who think that the next step may be that one. But also we are cautioned, given the insular nature of this court, don't hold your breath.

KAGAN: Point well taken. Bob, thank you very much -- Kyra.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: We continue to keep a close watch on both campaigns, as this presidential election drama plays on. We have got CNN's Tony Clark. He is covering the Bush campaign in Austin, Texas. And in Washington, -- or Eileen O'Connor rather. There we are, sorry, Eileen. We are getting all kinds of mixed information. EILEEN O'CONNOR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That is OK. I am missing that beard.

PHILLIPS: You know what, hang in there. We are going to get to you in a second.

Patty, why don't you take it away, first, you have been covering the Gore campaign.

PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: All right, Vice President Al Gore will head to the White House we are told today for meetings, as well as lunch with his running mate Joe Lieberman. The vice president continuing to raise his public profile. We are seeing a lot more of him lately as he continues to try to convince the American public that they should stand back and just wait for his court battles to work their way through.

Now Gore says that he still believes that he won Florida, if only all of those votes could be counted.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

VICE PRES. AL GORE (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Silencing the voice of a voter silences the American spirit in a very real way. No matter how close an election is, the outcome must be decided by the people.

And you know what? When it's close, it means that the passions are high, it means that feelings are intense. And in a close election, it is even more important, than at any other time, for the outcome to be determined by the people.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

DAVIS: Today, Gore enlisting the help of Democratic governors. They will be making his case there in Florida. The Gore strategy at this point, number one, public relations. Keep him out front. Keep the drum beat going, that the public needs to be patient, that they need to be wait for this court process to happen.

Number two, legal strategy. His lawyers remain hard at work. What they are considering right now is whether or not to appeal that Leon County circuit court judge, his rejection of the Gore campaign's request for a hearing. This whole process on an expedited basis. They had to come up with a calendar that they wanted the court to go ahead and count ballots immediately from Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County.

The judge said no-go right now. He will hear more about this on Saturday -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right, Patty Davis, thanks. Now we are going to go to Eileen O'Connor, who has been sharing the shift with Tony Clark. How is that for politically correct?

O'CONNOR: Very good, very good. Well, Governor Bush is not at the Governor's Mansion here, and you are not going to see him coming out and speaking. And that is because it's his running mate and his lawyers who are going to be countering the vice president's claims that there are votes in Florida that were not counted, and that is also, having the lawyers out there, is a way that the Bush campaign can emphasize that what the Gore campaign is trying to do, what the vice president is trying to do, is to get this election decided, not at ballot box, they say, but in the courts.

They say that -- they deny the contention that the Gore campaign says that the Bush campaign is trying to run out the clock. Because the Bush campaign says that there is no time left on any clock to run out. This election is already over.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GEORGE TERWILLIGER, BUSH CAMPAIGN ATTORNEY: The clock has run out. What the Gore team is trying to do is play overtime, if you want to use the clock analogy.

The fact of the matter is, that all of the votes that they keep asking to have counted, have been counted. What they're arguing about, and trying to argue about in the circuit court here in this contest, is: What is a vote?

The county canvassing boards exercised their discretion and said, a dimpled isn't a vote, except in a few limited circumstances. The law gives them that discretion. Now they want to come in and say to a judge, no, we want another chance to argue to you that a dimple is a vote.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O'CONNOR: Governor Bush left from his ranch in Crawford, Texas last night. He is there with some aides going over lists of possible Cabinet appointments. Richard Cheney will be coming to the ranch later on this week.

In the meantime, Mr. Cheney will be giving a press conference this afternoon. There is also Republican lawmakers out and about in Florida, again, to make the case that what the Gore campaign is talking about is votes that were never counted, were counted, and that they are votes that voters really -- ballots where voters intended not to vote for a vice president candidate, and they say that instead of counting, what the Gore campaign wants to do is cast more ballots more for Al Gore -- Daryn.

KAGAN: Eileen O'Connor, thank you very much.

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