The Florida Vote: Gore Election Contests the Latest in Presidential Roller Coaster
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Want to go back to Tallahassee, my other guy I hang out with here in the morning, Bill Hemmer. Hi, Bill.</s>BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: What, vacation? Never heard of it.</s>KAGAN: Yes, day off? What is that.</s>HEMMER: Hey, Daryn, welcome back. I was inside checking on the state canvassing commissioners, the folks who signed the certification last night. What I can tell you for their plans today, Katherine Harris not in the office yet, but they do expect her a bit later today. Bob Crawford at this time headed out West for state business to a convention in the American West. Clay Roberts came in the office earlier today, expected to continue his state business in elections office here. Now, throughout this whole matter, we've talked about this roller coaster ride, a bit of a metaphor we use here to describe the last 20 days. And I think right now, as you look at this overall story, you can point to three big hills in that roller coaster. Number one, back on the 17th, that Friday when the state supreme court told the canvassing commission not to certify the vote the following Saturday morning. The second one was last Tuesday night outside the state supreme court building that then allowed the counties to continue their recounts and get their votes in here to the secretary of state's office last evening. Of course, last evening another hill in this roller coaster when the certified vote did come through. Now, is that the last hill? Many say no. They say this ride is not over. We shall see, though, live here in Tallahassee. A couple minutes away now, we expect the latest lawsuit to be filed in circuit court. We'll watch it for you.