Should Gore have fought for Florida, a la Ukraine?

[Lincoln Republican]

Florida is in two time zones.

When most of the networks called Florida for Gore early in the evening, Florida voters in the panhandle were still casting ballots, and were voting heavily for Bush.

This early call of Florida for Gore likely cost Bush thousands ov votes in the panhandle as many of these people gave up waiting in line and left because they were led to believe the race in Florida was already over.

Who knows, as well, how many thousands, or hundreds of thousands of votes this early call of Florida for Gore cost Bush in the western part of the country, because people knew Bush needed Florida to win.  Likely, thousands of Bush voters gave up waiting in line and went home as well.

After the final count did not go Gore's way, he went trolling for votes in only favorable Democratic counties.

Every recount confirmed Bush's win.  As has been pointed out, even counts taken by the press confirmed Bush's win.

In the final analysis, the votes simply were not there for Gore to win Florida.