The prospect of a protracted struggle has left both candidates questioning their next moves.
Gore and Bush barely ventured into public this weekend.
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Saturday, Bush held a press conference, refusing to talk about the election. Yesterday, Gore attended church in Virginia.
Behind-the-scenes, both candidates are preparing for a presidential transition. Bush, in particular, has allowed himself to be photographed with former Mass. state representative Andrew Card, his likely chief of staff.
They have left the tug and pull to their surrogates, who have not hesitated to invoke the rhetoric of crisis and calamity.
--Compiled from the Associated Press and other wire services.