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Cast of Characters

*Descriptions reflect actual duties rather than official titles.

The Candidates
   Republicans
      Governor George W. Bush
      Richard B. Cheney
   Democrats
      Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.
      Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

The Campaigns
   For Bush
      Donald L. Evans, campaign chairman
      Joseph Allbaugh, campaign manager
      Karl Rove, senior strategist
      Karen P. Hughes, communications director
   For Gore
      William M. Daley, campaign chairman
      Carter Eskew, Robert Shrum, media consultants
      Tad Devine, strategist
      Mark Fabiani, Chris Lehane, spokesmen

      Michael Whouley, chief field operative
      Nicholas Baldick, Florida field operative
      Donna Brazile, campaign manager
      David Ginsberg, research director

The State of Florida
   Jeb Bush, governor
   Frank Jimenez, acting chief counsel
   Al Cardenas, chairman, Florida Republican Party
   Robert A. Butterworth, attorney general
   Katherine Harris, secretary of state
   J. M. "Mac" Stipanovich, senior adviser
   Joseph Klock, lead counsel
   L. Clayton Roberts, director, Division of Elections
   Benjamin McKay, chief of staff

The Battle in Florida
   For Bush
      James A. Baker III, chief strategist
      Robert Zoellick, Margaret Tutwiler, deputies to Baker
      Benjamin Ginsberg, chief counsel
      George Terwilliger, deputy chief counsel
      Theodore B. Olson, federal appellate attorney
      Barry Richard, lead local counsel
      Michael Carvin, appellate attorney
      Philip Beck, Irv Terrell, Fred Bartlit, counsel for contest case
   For Gore
      Warren Christopher, initial representative
      Ronald Klain, chief strategist
      David Boies, lead attorney
      Laurence H. Tribe, federal appellate attorney
      Jack Young, Chris Sautter, recount attorneys
      Mitchell Berger, Dexter Douglass, John Newton, Joseph Sandler,
      Mark Steinberg, Robert Bauer, Stephen Zack, Jeremy Bash,
      attorneys

Palm Beach County
   Canvassing Board
      Charles E. Burton, county judge
      Carol Roberts, county commissioner
      Theresa LePore, supervisor of elections
      Bob Montgomery, Bruce Rogow, counsel to LePore
      Jack Corrigan, Benedict P. Kuehne, David Sullivan,
      Dennis Newman, attorneys for Gore
      Mark Wallace, attorney for Bush

Miami-Dade County
   Canvassing Board
      Lawrence D. King, county judge
      Myriam Lehr, county judge
      David Leahy, supervisor of elections
      Kendall Coffey, Joseph Geller, attorneys for Gore
      Miguel DeGrandy, Tom Spencer, attorneys for Bush

Broward County
   Canvassing Board
   Robert W. Lee, county judge
   Suzanne Gunzburger, county commissioner
   Jane Carroll, supervisor of elections (stepped down)
   Robert Rosenberg, county judge (replaced Carroll)

Judges
   Supreme Court of the United States
      William H. Rehnquist, chief justice
      John Paul Stevens
      Sandra Day O'Connor
      Antonin Scalia
      Anthony M. Kennedy
      David H. Souter
      Clarence Thomas
      Ruth Bader Ginsburg
      Stephen G. Breyer
   United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
      Donald M. Middlebrooks, judge
   Florida Supreme Court
      Charles T. Wells, chief justice
      Leander J. Shaw, Jr.
      Major B. Harding
      Harry Lee Anstead
      Barbara J. Pariente
      R. Fred Lewis
      Peggy A. Quince
   Leon County Circuit Court
      Nikki Ann Clark
      Terry P. Lewis
      N. Sanders Sauls
      L. Ralph Smith, Jr.
   Palm Beach County Circuit Court
   Jorge LaBarga



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TooClose to Call | Jeffrey Toobin
Random House | Hardcover
October 2001 | $25.95
0-375-50708-6

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