But seven days was not enough time for Gore to steal the election.

"This is an attempt to steal the election," he said after the hearing.

They stole the election and screwed it up as a result.

Put simply, the strategy of each camp is to portray the other as trying to steal the election.

"You can't steal elections, particularly if you're outside coming in," he said after a few tense hours of waiting for the results.

They're going to steal the election if they can.

What's happening here is part of an ongoing national effort to steal elections Republicans cannot win.

Each side seems to believe that there was a brazen attempt to steal the election four years ago.

"This is the case of the Grinch who stole the election," he said.

The message from conservatives these days is simple and unified - that the Democrats are trying to steal the election.