but will allow kerry to hijack NM and IA.
Like Michael Barone says, "this is a race of broken precidents." I think its obivous tonight that the republicans have a better turn out mechanism, contrary to a media precident.
Bush Prepares to Declare Re-Election Win
After winning Nevada and pulling within 16 electoral votes of the 270 required for a second term, Bush was laying claim to Ohio's 20 over Kerry's objections. "We will not base our decision on a concession," said Bush adviser Dan Bartlett.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041103/ap_on_el_pr/eln_election_rdp&cid=536&ncid=536