Three days after that much-hyped event, Gore led by 46 to 41 percent -- a statistically insignificant difference.
By contrast, it was reported that some Bush advisers discussed plans before the election to try to challenge the Electoral College result if--as seemed more likely at the time--Bush got more popular votes but Gore led in electors.
Among all likely Iowa voters, Bush led Gore in a hypothetical match-up by 52-40, with 8 percent undecided.
The Gore team was led by Supreme Court war-horse Laurence Tribe, the Harvard law professor who last week received his 30th souvenir quill from the court, which gives the pens to attorneys who argue before it.
In August 1999, George W. Bush led Al Gore, 55%-41%, but lost the popular vote.
Although they said they were disappointed in Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that led to Gore's concession, they praised the Democrat's campaign.
Remember, it was this moderate, inclusionist, optimistic George W. Bush who once led Mr Gore in the polls by 19 percentage points.
Nader garnered 2 percent of the Florida vote and made strong showings in a few other states, including a 5 percent showing in Oregon -- where Bush led by 2 percentage points over Gore on Wednesday, with 84 percent of the vote counted.
Vice President Gore with 666, 997 votes, or 47.43 percent, led Texas Gov. Bush, with 664, 805, or 47.27 percent.
Thompson quickly vaulted to chair the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, where he later led the investigations into allegations of improper fundraising by the Clinton-Gore campaign.
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