Wow. I can't believe how chicken all the networks are with this election. I realize that after the debacle that was the 2000 election, no one wants to go out on a limb and make the incorrect call, but get a spine and make a call. Both NBC and FOX have called Ohio for Bush, giving him 269 electoral votes, which, technically gives him the election since a 269-269 electoral vote goes to the Senate and Bush has a majority there. CNN has Bush at 254 electoral votes, which, with Ohio would give him 274 and the win, but they don't want to call Ohio and be "the network that got it wrong." CBS also sits at 254, though I never expected them to call it. I switched over to their coverage a couple times last night and it was so partisan, it wasn't even funny. They had some reporter on the White House lawn and he characterized the republicans inside "unhappy" many times even though most of us last night realized, even before the networks got the spine to call it, Bush has won.
I guess the question comes down to whether or not Kerry will take the loss like a man and move on or if he'll file countless lawsuits in Ohio to try and find 135,000 more votes. Think about that - 135,000 votes. Not the 437 it came down to in Florida last night. Hundreds of thousands - not hundreds. To me, it's quite clear who has won - not only the electoral vote, but also the popular vote - by 3.5 million.
Speaking of the popular vote, what does this mean for us as a nation as a whole? To me, it seems to validate everything Bush has been doing. It gives him a clear mandate that we want him to finish what he started in Iraq. We want him to keep the taxes lower. We want him to continue to work on health care and education. We approve of the job he's done and we want four more years. Of course, there's 54 million people who voted for Kerry (or against Bush depending on which way the liberals leaned), who most likely agree with my interpretation of things. But what we need to do as a country is come together behind this president instead of being the divided country we've been the last four years. We need to support his decisions and acknowledge that the majority of the country is behind him.
URL: Yahoo! News - Elections
I guess the question comes down to whether or not Kerry will take the loss like a man and move on or if he'll file countless lawsuits in Ohio to try and find 135,000 more votes. Think about that - 135,000 votes. Not the 437 it came down to in Florida last night. Hundreds of thousands - not hundreds. To me, it's quite clear who has won - not only the electoral vote, but also the popular vote - by 3.5 million.
Speaking of the popular vote, what does this mean for us as a nation as a whole? To me, it seems to validate everything Bush has been doing. It gives him a clear mandate that we want him to finish what he started in Iraq. We want him to keep the taxes lower. We want him to continue to work on health care and education. We approve of the job he's done and we want four more years. Of course, there's 54 million people who voted for Kerry (or against Bush depending on which way the liberals leaned), who most likely agree with my interpretation of things. But what we need to do as a country is come together behind this president instead of being the divided country we've been the last four years. We need to support his decisions and acknowledge that the majority of the country is behind him.
URL: Yahoo! News - Elections
posted by Blake | 07:46
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