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 Americans Still Stuck Behind the Bushes: George W. Wins Second Term - Kerry Concedes
Election
Democratic Sen. John Kerry phoned President
Bush on Wednesday to concede the presidential election, a White House aide said. President Bush was to deliver
a victory statement at 3 p.m. ET, Bush aides said. Kerry was expected to make a concession speech at 1 p.m. ET
at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Kerry's phone call came a few hours after White House Chief of Staff
Andrew Card announced that the Bush campaign was convinced the president had won re-election. "President
Bush decided to give Sen. Kerry the respect of more time to reflect on the results of this election," Card
told GOP supporters at the Reagan Federal Building and International Trade Center in Washington. "We are
convinced that President Bush has won re-election with at least 286 electoral votes," Card said. (Transcript
of Card's comments). Ahead in the popular vote by more than 3.7 million votes, the president moved tantalizingly
close to winning an Electoral College majority with a lead in the key battleground state of Ohio, though the Buckeye
State remained too close for CNN to call. (Electoral College). "President Bush's decisive margin of victory
makes this the first presidential election since 1988 in which the winner received a majority of the popular vote,"
said Card, referring to the White House victory by Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush. "And in this
election, President Bush received more votes than any presidential...
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ELECTORAL VOTES WON THUS FAR
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AK, AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY,
LA, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NV, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, WY...
Undecided States:
IA, NM, OH, WI
TOTAL: 254
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CA, CT, DC, DE, HI, IL, MA, MD, ME. MI, MN,
NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA...
Undecided States:
IA, NM, OH, WI
TOTAL: 252
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Bush (R)
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ELECTORAL VOTES NEED TO WIN: 270
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Kerry (D)
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