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A message of hope
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
CERTAIN VICTORY: White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card said early Wednesday that the Bush-Cheney campaign is convinced President Bush has won re-election. Cable News Network: Bush camp claims certainty of victory
MESSAGE OF HOPE: Unwilling to concede defeat, John Kerry dispatched smooth-talking running mate John Edwards to deliver his trademark message of hope to supporters in Copley Plaza and a divided nation waiting for a president. Penn Live: Kerry sends Edwards with message of hope
ECHOES OF 2000: President Bush seemed on track to win the popular and electoral vote, but Kerry's campaign challenged the results in Ohio and said it would not abandon the campaign until all the votes in that critical state were counted. The New York Times: With echoes of 2000 vote, Ohio count is at issue
HEAVY TURNOUT: For voters of all colors, all ages, Republican, Democrat -- yesterday was an epic day, stirring passion, excitement and anticipation, the likes of which many of them had rarely known. Politics and voting were in, and apathy was gone. The Washington Post: Politics in, voter apathy out amid heavy turnout
A NEW MANDATE: A president who won by a whisker four years ago, then governed as if he had a landslide, was within striking distance of an electoral vote mandate for a second term. The New York Times: President seems poised to claim a new mandate
SENATE MAJORITY: Jubilant Republicans retained their majorities yesterday in both chambers of Congress, sweeping much of the South in US Senate races and giving the Senate minority leader Thomas Daschle the fight of his political life as he battled to keep his job. The Boston Globe: Republicans keep majorities in both Senate, House
DASCHLE UNSEATED: Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader of the Senate and a fixture of South Dakota politics for more than a quarter century, lost his seat Tuesday night in an historic political upset that stunned Democrats and gave Republicans around the country cause to celebrate. The New York Times: Daschle, Democratic Senate leader, is beaten
BREAKING RANKS: Fox News broke ranks with the other networks at 12:41 this morning, projecting President Bush as the winner in the crucial battleground of Ohio and putting him just one electoral vote from winning reelection. The Washington Post: TV news plays it safe, up to a point
PHOTO FINISH: With the final result in Ohio on hold until officials counted large numbers of provisional ballots, Bush stood on the brink of victory over Kerry in another photo-finish election that sharpened the cultural divides that have increasingly defined American politics over the last generation. The Los Angeles Times: The national fissure remains deep and wide
SCATTERED SNAFUS: Machines malfunctioned, tempers flared and edgy voters often waited hours Tuesday to pick a president in a contentious race watched by thousands of monitors who expected the worst. But only scattered local snafus had been reported in an election turnout that was shaping up to be the heaviest in years. The Brandenton Herald: Small hiccups, but no big 'meltdowns'
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE: State constitutional amendments to uphold marriage as the union of a man and a woman easily passed yesterday in all 11 states where it was on the ballot. The Washington Times: Eleven states uphold traditional marriage
HILLARY '08: A victory by President Bush could establish New York's junior senator as the front-runner for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president. The Boston Globe: Result may be key for Hillary Clinton
