A concession has no legally binding effect.

[George_S]

3. A concession has no legally binding effect. Presumably a concession by Gore would be accompanied by a request that his allies cease litigation efforts on his behalf and everything gets dismissed as moot. Still, until the electoral college votes, Congress opens and accepts, and the hand goes on the bible, anything can theoretically happen. However, the scenario we experienced with the retracted concession, like most everything else of the past month, is very, very unusual and was attributable to the erroneous media reports that we all were relying on. So if there is another concession, it will be for keeps.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/election/electionques.htm

[aquart]

1. Crap. It has a huge psychological effect.

[Ducks In A Row]

2. it shut up the media, and it's letting bush made a bigger

fool of himself than he would have


the history books will be written by jon stewart so future gens get a correct outlook on it

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. And the bigger story: What did the Republican controlled

state election's office know and when did they know it?

[George_S]

4. Everyone here is doing what they would be doing...

... if he had not conceded. It makes no difference.

[aquart]

6. Where is "here"?

[emulatorloo]

5. It shut up the bush supporters - and another interesting tidbit. . .

Just back from the drugstore -- I just overheard a * supporter say "Kerry took it like a man, I was happy he didn't go all legal like Gore did."

And then the other one said "I hear they sent someone to Ohio."

[aquart]

7. Did Kerry request that his "allies cease litigation"???