IMAGINE that, shortly after his defeat by the tortoise, the hare
had demanded a re-run on selected parts of the course. The
tortoise protested, and the umpire, coincidentally another
tortoise, backed him. The hare appealed to a court,
coincidentally composed of seven hares, who let him rerun those
bits. Now, groundsmen on one of the sections of the course are
saying they cannot arrange a re-match after all, the tortoises
on the local council are threatening to reject anything that
might give the race to the hare, and both sides have hired the
best alligators money can buy.  That is roughly the state of
America's election. On November 22nd, officials of Miami-Dade
County suspended their manual recount amid scenes of
intimidation in the county government building. In doing so,
they turned the race upside down for the umpteenth time; they
have put in doubt the practicality—even the sense—of a ruling
made by Florida's Supreme Court only the day before; and they
have even called into question the notion that, wher