Title: Thorough, but tedious reading
Product review: Unlike most of Posner's other writing (his judicial opinions included), this book lacks the verve and wit that marks his style. What is here is a thorough examination of the Bush-Gore contretemps, in which the author concludes, quite persuasively, that almost everybody was right. Yes, the Democrats had a point -- Gore might have gotten more votes, had they all been counted. But yes, Harris was within her discretion to stop the vote-counting. And yes, the Supreme Court majority made the right decision to close the whole show.While his conclusions are interesting, the analysis makes for tedious reading as Posner drills down to the most mundane details of the vote-counting. It's almost like reading a political science text and times, and that's not a good thing if you are a general reader (Posner's target audience, I believe).
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