Immediately after the decision was announced, Democrats began to call for the Vice President to concede.
Gore "should act now and concede," DNC chair Ed Rendell said. Other DNC officials stressed that Rendell's opinion was his own.
Senior Gore advisors and lawyers discussed the decision's implications on a conference call.
While Gore postponed a statement, a concession seemed imminent.
"I think that the gracious thing is to accept even if one disagrees with the decision of the Supreme Court," Laurence Tribe '62, Tyler professor of Constitutional law and Gore lawyer told NBC News.
Later, on CNN, Tribe said he had not told Gore to concede, but instead advised that a "night of reflection" was needed to understand the complicated decision.
With the drama finally coming to a close, College Democrats did not seem
surprised at the end result.
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