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Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Four More Years
This thing is over. The President is poised on the edge of 270, with his current total of 269 amounting to a de facto victory. The Democrats continue to argue that Ohio is within reach, but that is an impossibility at this point. (No complaints about the lack of a concession here- Kerry is entitled to examine the possibility that these provisional ballots will make up the difference. They won't, be he's entitled.) New Mexico, Iowa, and Nevada are all painfully close to calls in the President's favor.
He's also received 51% of the national popular vote- no cries of illegitimacy this time. When you combine that with the fact that Republicans should pick-up four Senate seats and several seats in the House, it's difficult to see this as anything less than a clear mandate from the American people.
I'll have more thoughts (particularly on the sorry results from here in California) in the morning, but for now I need to grab some grub. I haven't eaten all day- my stomach just wasn't up for it.
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