41.   Democrats charged that top Republican officials in those states had cooked the results to favor Hayes.

42.   Democrats charge that the GOP leadership is pushing the issue to divide them during the election season.

43.   Democrats charged again that the allegations are an example of Republican pre-election politicking.

44.   Democrats charged that a GOP-controlled Legislature wanted to pick its own slate of electors for fear the Republican candidate would lose Florida.

45.   Democrats charge the commission of eight Republicans and eight Democrats was created to give Bush political cover with a predetermined outcome and a bipartisan label.

46.   Democrats also have charged the deal was well known and only brought up again to embarrass Gore just before the presidential election in which he is the Democratic nominee.

47.   Democrats charge that Parsons was hired by the state because the company had hired people connected to the Whitman administration.

48.   Democrats charge the commission was created to give Bush political cover with its bipartisan makeup but a predetermined outcome.

49.   Democrats charge the system was chosen precisely to cause splits in their camp.

50.   That system already has set some pro-democracy candidates against each other, and democrats charge the system was chosen precisely for that reason.