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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.
E-VOTING WITH CAUTION: After only scattered problems in electronic voting's biggest day ever in the United States, with roughly 40 million people casting digital ballots, voting equipment company executives crowed.
The Associated Press: Computer scientists cautious of e-voting
SECOND TERM BEGINS: Triumphant after a night of electoral turmoil, President Bush pledged to ''reach out to the whole nation" yesterday after accepting a concession call from John Kerry.
The Boston Globe: On to a second term
DECONSTRUCTING OHIO: Ohio 2004 can be simplified into a story of city vs. country. John Kerry's strategists have been hoping for months that urban voters would push Kerry to an unbeatable margin, offsetting President Bush's strength far beyond the cities. It almost worked. But it was not enough.
The Washington Post: GOP won with accent on rural and traditional
END OF A QUEST: In the end, John Kerry finally found the warmth and passion he was often criticized for lacking, emotionally telling those who fought so hard for him that he wished he could "wrap you up in my arms and embrace each and every one of you."
The Washington Post: 'That's it': A two-year quest ends
MOUNTING LOSSES: In the struggle for political power, Democrats now face a stark threat: Under George W. Bush, Republicans are consolidating their control over the culturally conservative regions of the country.
The Los Angeles Times: Democrats' losses go far beyond one defeat
TURNOUT TURNS TIDES: George W. Bush was re-elected in the first presidential election in modern history with an equal turnout of Democrats and Republicans.
The New York Times: Tireless push to raise turnout was crucial in GOP victory
INCREASING CONTROL: Exuberant Republican lawmakers, celebrating their expanded majorities in both chambers of Congress and their historic defeat of the Senate Democratic leader, geared up yesterday to pass parts of a conservative agenda.
The Boston Globe: GOP eyes more clout in Congress
TIPPING THE MORAL BALANCE: Moral values topped the list of issues voters were most concerned about when they went to the polls on Election Day, with Catholics, evangelicals, blacks and Hispanics joining an ad hoc coalition that re-elected President Bush by 3.5 million votes.
The Washington Times: Focus on moral values tipped vote for Bush
EXITING ERRORS: An Election Day filled with unexpected twists ended with a familiar question: What went wrong with the network exit polls?
The Washington Post: New woes surface in use of estimates
MORE PARTISAN?: Four years ago, George Bush won his first term with fewer votes than his opponent, but governed as if the nation had granted him a clear mandate to pursue conservative policies.
The Los Angeles Times: Majority win could make second term more partisan
BY THE NUMBERS: For John Kerry, the results in Ohio were simply outside the margin of litigation, specialists in election law concluded. Kerry faced a deficit of about 135,000 votes in the state, and the number of votes that might have been harvested using all the legal tools available to him could not bridge that gap, these specialists said.
The New York Times: In making his decision on Ohio, Kerry did the math
VOTERS DEFINE MARRIAGE: The passage of all 11 marriage amendments on Election Day, plus two more earlier this year, shows that Americans don't want radical changes in marriage and are unwilling to wait for activist judges to make sweeping social changes, traditional values groups said yesterday.
The Washington Times: Electorate took control of defining marriage
EXIT FUMES: Republicans are fuming again over erroneous exit polls that showed President Bush losing re-election and over television networks quickly calling some states for Sen. John Kerry while withholding such predictions for solid Bush states.
The Washington Times: Republicans complain exit polls were erroneous
Compiled by Heather Riley
