Obama, Romney line up elite lawyers for potential election disputes

[jsr]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/27/us-usa-campaign-lawyers-idUSBRE89Q02520121027

Obama, Romney line up elite lawyers for potential election disputes
By Samuel P. Jacobs

(Reuters) - As President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney scramble to come out ahead in the November 6 election, two other men are preparing for a legal showdown that could begin the next day.

They are the lawyers who have been tapped by the Obama and Romney teams to navigate any legal challenges to voting procedures or results in a tight contest that could dredge up memories of the disputed 2000 election that was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Leading Romney's team is Benjamin Ginsberg, chief legal counsel for George W. Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004.

Obama has turned to Robert Bauer, a past White House counsel who has spoken out against Republican-led efforts to alter voting laws in states including Ohio, a politically divided state that could determine who wins the November 6 election. ...

[still_one]

1. It looks like the President's team has good representation. Gore choose the worst team, based on

winning an anti-trust suit against Microsoft.

I do not think it will get to the courts, but either way we win

[jsr]

2. Agreed

It's a good Plan B.

[still_one]

4. Yes, and I like the fact the our counsel is passionate about voting rights.

[Solly Mack]

3. Sad that such is necessary.

[Tx4obama]

5. Kick! n/t