George W. Bush vs. Al Gore

There are many things that can be said about the 2000 presidential elections. People, places, thoughts and party lines, never before has the United states been so divided among it's political spectrum. The ascendance of George W. Bush to the presidency is on such prime example of that division. How did such a man become president? One must step back to a year or so before the election and see the process that led him to where he is now. As one looks back one sees that there is a uniqueness to the way that the American people select their leaders, one that no other country in the world foll…