Deadlock : the inside story of America's closest election / by the political staff of the Washington Post.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Washington Post Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--2000.

Presidents.

United States.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Bush, George W.

Gore, Al, 1948-.

Gore, Al.

Political campaigns--United States.

Political campaigns.

Contested elections--United States.

Contested elections.

Contested elections--Florida.

Florida.

Physical Description:

xv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First PublicAffairs edition.

Other Title:

Inside story of America's closest election

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, 2001.

Summary:

The Washington Post, America's premier newspaper for politics and elections, has been in the forefront of the post-election coverage, and in this book its award-winning staff provides the first full-length account of the closest and strangest election in our history -- from the last frantic days of campaigning to the networks' premature election-night projections; from the "butterfly ballot" to the manual recounts; from the first legal challenges to the final adjudication. The Post has offered unsurpassed coverage of the events that transfixed the nation and the world, and now its all-star team of reporters has produced a page-turner to rival the best political thrillers.

Deadlock is a wholly original work of history-in-the-making, written by David Von Drehle and Ellen Nakashima, two of the paper's most accomplished political writers, drawing on the reporting of over two dozen top reporters and columnists in Washington, Florida, and Texas

Contents:

1 The Longest Day 19

2 The Scramble 51

3 Deadline 83

4 Counting in Casablanca 115

5 Turning Point 149

6 Hail Mary 181

7 Endgame 205

Epilogue: What If? 243

President Bush on the Florida Recount 255.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1586480804

OCLC:

46397175