to the legal and moral end, Bush would now be the legitimate President as a result of Gore not requesting a wide enough recount.
The dishonored judges on the USSC cost Bush legitimacy, not Gore the Presidency.
Yes, I am a liberal. And that's why Gore losing the election isn't a big problem for me - he's a phony-ass liberal, almost as phony as Bush's "OK, well, maybe being the world's cop is a good idea after all" conservatism.
After the primaries, the election was a foregone conclusion - the wrong guy was going to win, it was just a question of which wrong guy.
The problem I have is entirely with the process. We do not have a legitimate President, due to the dishonor of the court. With an honorable court, the same guy would be in the office, but the Republic would be in effect.