Some of what we've been saying here about the Gary Condit matter is said, with greater eloquence and examples, by Eric Boehlert over on Salon. Here's a link.
Heads up! Results of the big press recount of the Florida vote will be released Monday, September 17. You can count on both Bush and Gore partisans finding some way to argue that the numbers prove, inarguably, that their boy won the state. You can also count on so many missing ballots, inconsistent standards, instances of fuzzy math and general chaos as to cause history to record it all as one of those, "We'll never know for sure" matters. Let me know if you spot one public figure or pundit saying, "You know, this all casts doubts on the claim that my chosen candidate won." You won't.