I was right, Bush won Florida by a large enough margin that it wasn't contestable, and fortunately it appears that we have avoided a Florida happening in Ohio (though CBS with their constant references to punch card ballots was obviously hoping that would happen). Bush won the popular vote, and won more than 50% for the first time since his father in '88 (Clinton won it, but didn't manage a majority either time). And, fortunately, the Kerry camp had the common sense to realize that with the vote margins we have, there was no point doing a drawn out fight, and is conceeding. Politically, that's smart, because it's not good for the Democratic party if people start thinking of them as the party that decides that it's not over till the lawyers have their say (if they want to have a chance in '08, they needed to bow out graciously).
In the race for Florida's open Senate seat, Betty Castor decided to admit this morning that she lost (last night she had been leaving things wide open for the potential of a recount fight), so Mel Martinez has become the first Cuban American elected to the US Senate.
I'm just happy that there's no recounts this time around. Whoo hoo!
Posted by kathryn at Noviembre 3, 2004 01:23 PM | TrackBack