Et Tu, Ohio?
According to the early morning tally, Bush has 254 electoral votes to Kerry's 252. Either candidate needs 270 to win.Though New Mexico and Iowa have yet to weigh in, with 20 electoral votes in the pinata, it looks like Ohio is our new Florida. And, just like 2000, the courts may ultimately decide who lands in the big chair for the next 4 years.
Here's a sampling of this morning's headlines:
The Toledo Blade ("Ohio Provisional Ballots Key to Election")
Bloomberg News ("US Election Doesn't Yield Winner")
The Daily Bruin ("Decidely Divided")
Apparently, Bush already has his people claiming a "convincing" victory, though as yet there is no factual basis for his assertion.
I'll end with Abraham Lincoln's words, written some 4 years after the famous "House Divided" speech:
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We--even we here--hold the power, and bear the responsibility." Lincoln's Second Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862.
Syndicate Me!
2 Comments:
Drape the bunting, my friend. 'Tis a sad day. A sad day, indeed.
I had that funereal imagery all prepared, but I'm working hard to push past the frustration and divisiveness.
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