John Kerry:
In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.
Pretty good speech. It will be nice if he goes back to the Senate and makes a real effort to reach across the aisle. It would be classy for the Republicans not to get drunk on Power and shut the Democrats out of the process.
Maybe next time the Dems won’t nominate a Massachusetts Liberal Brahmin and we’ll have a real choice.
Bush is the first President to be elected with more than 50% of the popular vote since his dad in 1988, but more importantly, the first president to win RE-election with more than 50% of the popular vote since Ronald Reagan and beating the popular vote record besides.
I can’t see how you can call a 3 and a half million vote difference, a 3-4 seat gain in the Senate, and a 2 to 5 seat pickup in the House anything other than a mandate.
Hopefully, the Democrats will finally examine themselves and reconstruct their party to return to a party that can represent a majority of the people (Silent America as Bill Whittle calls it) and not a loose coalition of victim groups. Maybe then I can be forced to think long and hard about my choice for President rather than have to immediately reject the Democrat because the candidate is too far left to hold any realistic view of the world.
Sadly, that is unlikely to happen since I have even heard Fox News start speculation about Hillary Clinton in ’08. Looks like a Libertarian or Republican vote from me!
Aaron the Liberal Slayer has a great post showing how big Blue states got redder and a lot of smaller blue states got a lot redder.
Also, he has this rebuke from Senator Kerry:
Fox has just called Nevada for Bush which puts him at 274 Electoral Votes. This is the first network to give Bush an Electoral College victory. Fox still shows 22 votes up for grabs in New Mexico, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Kerry is shown with 242.
CNN still shows Ohio Iowa and New Mexico up for grabs has Bush up 254 to 252 since they have called Wisconsin for Kerry.
Yahoo! still shows the same count as CNN, but they have marked Bush as the winner (even without the electoral majority).
The popular vote is 58,538,229 for Bush and 54,995,942 for Kerry.
Its all over but the liberal whining.”
The Associate Press is reporting that Kerry has conceded Ohio and the election. Fox News confirms. Finally, we can get back to whining about our individual lives and worlds and stop pontificating on presidential politics except where if affects our corners of the world. You know, status quo.
Don’t worry, of course, I’ll keep pontificating. I know both of you are waiting with baited breath.
Yahoo! and CNN have called Michigan and Hawaii for Kerry giving him 242 Electoral Votes, but they have not called Ohio for Bush so they still show him at 249. Fox has given Kerry Michigan, but not yet Hawaii, giving Kerry 238, but they have called Ohio for Bush, giving him 269. C-SPAN still has not called Michigan, Ohio or Hawaii for anyone, so they still show Bush 249 and Kerry 221.
I’m sure some other state is gonna finish when I hit update. Damn it…
What does it mean when the candidate can’t come out and rally the troops on his own and sends his running mate to declare the team’s intention to again try to use state courts to hijack an election?
Yahoo! is showing that Bush leads in Ohio by 125,000 votes and gaining as the final precincts come in. That’s about 2% of the votes in Ohio, an awfully BIG challenge. I can’t imagine that there are that many provisional ballots and I can’t see that so many votes could be called into question.
Kerry went out tonight with a whimper, not even making a statement to his faithful waiting in Boston. Frankly, that’s pretty shameful.
At the time of writing, Nevada is breaking 50 to 49 for Bush with 65% of the precincts reporting (5 electoral votes), New Mexico is split 52% to 47% in Bush’s favor with 98% of precincts reporting (5 e.v.), Iowa has Bush in the lead 50 to 49 percent with 97% preporting (7 e.v.), with 87% reporting, Wisconsin shows Kerry up 50 to 49 (10 e.v.), Michigan has Kerry 51% to 48% (17 e.v.), and Ohio’s 20 electoral votes are either given to Bush or up for grabs depending on who you ask. In total, there are 44 or 64 electoral votes in the air with Bush almost certain of victory. Excluding Ohio, Bush has 17 votes leaning toward him and Kerry has 27. I can’t see how Ohio can be construed to go for Kerry with a 125,000 vote margin.
I think it is tremendously odd that neither candidate has put in an appearance yet. Perhaps they won’t until tomorrow. Still, you expect to see your candidates on election night.
If only I could go to sleep and wake up in the morning and know who my president is going to be, but I can’t even go to bed cuz I am updating my electoral map (with crayon) and cleaning up all the food.
Fox has given Bush Ohio and Alaska (269 Electoral Votes). CNN, C-SPAN and Yahoo! has not.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!
I know that I am shamelessly begging like a six-year-old in a Christmas Department Store, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota or Nevada … PLEASE break for Bush!!!
I am sweating like a bitch. It is so warm in my house and I’m really just champing at the bit to see Ohio called for Bush.
At this point, if Bush wins Ohio, Kerry CAN NOT win. If Bush loses Ohio, he can still win or tie.
Our election party was a success I believe. Now, the food is wiped out, and we play the waiting game (and Super Smash Brothers).
Come on Ohio, DON’T LET ME DOWN!!!! Ohio is the maker of Presidents. Since it has been a state, no one has lost Ohio and won the presidency (so sayeth ABC News).
*pant pant*
Help me grant an earnest young man’s birthday wish tomorrow.
Vote for George W. Bush!!!!
All two of you who may be reading this that is…
That is all.