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■ Florida elector (and HUD secretary nominee) Mel Martinez on casting vote for George W. Bush, in Associated Press: “It was like, finally, we did it.” . . . Newt Gingrich, on Bush: “If he spends a lot of his time trying to appease the Right at the expense of reaching out to the middle, he will destroy his administration.” . . . D.C. executive assistant police chief Terrance W. Gainer, on Inauguration Day protesters, in Washington Post: “They’ve clearly indicated . . . that they want to come and disrupt the parade, and we’re not going to let that happen.” . . . Bush, on whether he takes mulligans while playing golf, as President Clinton routinely does: “No.”

■ Gore aide Carter Eskew, in New York Times: “The popular vote was 50–50, the Florida Supreme Court voted 4 to 3, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5 to 4. . . . To [Gore], this is all a fractal, the geometric theory that pieces of the whole, regardless of the scale, reflect the universe. He says it all the time.” . . . Gore, on learning Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris would play important election role, according to New York Times: “What do we know about her?” . . . Gore staffer Mark Fabiani, on Harris: “I felt we needed to do something to delegitimize her because [Gore would suffer] if we let people perceive her as a figure of authority.” . . . Following concession to Bush, Gore dances and drinks till 3 A.M. “He waved his arms and led others, as everyone jumped up and down,” source tells New York Daily News. “The floor was actually bouncing. It was a frenzy, like Studio 54 all over again.” . . . Mark Levin of Landmark Legal Foundation, to Associated Press: “The conservative base is driven now to make certain that the Clinton-Gore team is forever washed away from the halls of power.”

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■ Florida elector (and HUD secretary nominee) Mel Martinez on casting vote for George W. Bush, in Associated Press: “It was like, finally, we did it.” . . . Newt Gingrich, on Bush: “If he spends a lot of his time trying to appease the Right at the expense of reaching out to the middle, he will destroy his administration.” . . . D.C. executive assistant police chief Terrance W. Gainer, on Inauguration Day protesters, in Washington Post: “They’ve clearly indicated . . . that they want to come and disrupt the parade, and we’re not going to let that happen.” . . . Bush, on whether he takes mulligans while playing golf, as President Clinton routinely does: “No.”

■ Gore aide Carter Eskew, in New York Times: “The popular vote was 50–50, the Florida Supreme Court voted 4 to 3, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5 to 4. . . . To [Gore], this is all a fractal, the geometric theory that pieces of the whole, regardless of the scale, reflect the universe. He says it all the time.” . . . Gore, on learning Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris would play important election role, according to New York Times: “What do we know about her?” . . . Gore staffer Mark Fabiani, on Harris: “I felt we needed to do something to delegitimize her because [Gore would suffer] if we let people perceive her as a figure of authority.” . . . Following concession to Bush, Gore dances and drinks till 3 A.M. “He waved his arms and led others, as everyone jumped up and down,” source tells New York Daily News. “The floor was actually bouncing. It was a frenzy, like Studio 54 all over again.” . . . Mark Levin of Landmark Legal Foundation, to Associated Press: “The conservative base is driven now to make certain that the Clinton-Gore team is forever washed away from the halls of power.”