Orlando Gil, political analyst of El Siglo newspaper comments on how Dominicans are having a ball with the US election crisis. He comments that those that are most enjoying the difficulties with the declaring of a winner of the US election are the Reformistas that remember the pressures the US government made in 1994 when a similar virtual tie occurred between Joaquín Balaguer who sought re-election and contender José Francisco Peña Gómez. Locals jest that the Dominican government should demand that the US instate a 2 x 2 compromise, with two years for Bush and two years for Gore, such as the US pressured for and obtained in 1994, when Balaguer’s government was reduced to two years. What is happening in the US is being referred to as the "Venganza de Balaguer," the 94-year old former Dominican statesman. The US supported fraud claims that affected his re-election. Gil writes that destiny has allowed Balaguer in his lifetime to watch the US system entering into crisis, such as occurred here. In the DR, people ask when Balaguer is going to be sent to Florida to assist with the electoral crisis.
