The Congressional Black Caucus and the 2000 election -- IMPORTANT QUESTION [View All]

[chimpy the poopthrower]

If you have seen F-9/11, you probably remember the part at the beginning where members of the CBC wanted to have a floor debate regarding certifying the results of the election. But they couldn't get a single senator to sign their request (I don't know the proper term) and so, according to the rules, could not get the floor debate they wanted. (Correct me if any of this is not right.) I remember very well when that happened and have basically been depressed about it for four years.

I just read in another post that Kerry said he was never asked by the CBC to sign their request. Can that be true? I had assumed that the CBC asked every Democratic senator. In fact, I had assumed that all the Democratic senators must have got together and decided as a group to not sign the CBC document. Is it possible the CBC deliberately refrained from asking the most vulnerable senators? Or is it possible the CBC simply didn't have an opportunity to ask everyone because of the chaos?

I know a lot of people will dismiss this as ancient history, but it's very important to me. If some senators, including Kerry, were never asked to sign, that would completely change my perceptions. Even though I'm already a Kerry supporter, I'd like to have more reason to believe in him. His failure to sign the CBC document has always been a black mark against him in my book.