Five Weeks in November: A Brief Commentary on the Florida Election Results [Paperback]

Richard Weiss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2001

After the Florida election results were tallied, and the country and Presidential election were thrown into turmoil because of the closeness of the election returns and the inability of the Florida election to determine an absolute Presidential winner between Albert Gore and George W. Bush, this situation spawned a Pandora's box of self-proclaimed Presidential analysts. The common thread among all of these pundits was the fact that no person could give an objective analysis of the election. Virtually no one could analyze the election results without including his or her partisan leanings. Five Weeks comments on this phenomenon and analyzes the rights of each Presidential candidate to use the court system to gain the election advantage. Five Weeks then gives a novel and completely astounding examination of the strategy that Albert Gore chose to use to overturn the election and why he had nobody to blame but himself for the outcome that occurred, the Supreme Court ultimately stopping all of the recounts, effectively giving the election to George W. Bush.

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About the Author

Richard S. Weiss has been a practicing attorney for twenty-five years. In the Florida controversy, when the most sophisticated commentators could not rise beyond their partisan affiliations, Mr. Weiss felt it was necessary for an independent voice to analyze and clarify both the election results and actions taken by each candidate.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (September 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595199666
• ISBN-13: 978-0595199662
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,597,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)