Looking Good, Will Kerry Concede?

Well, after sleeping for about seven hours, I am back. Right now, Bush is leading by 136,211 votes in Ohio, he's all but taken Iowa and New Mexico as well. He leads with a 3.5 million vote popular vote lead, making Dubya (No. 43) the first president to win a popular vote majority since 1988 and George Herbert Walker Bush (No. 41).

The Kerry campaign looks like it plans to hang in for quite awhile, which seems potentially unreasonable. In 2000, Bush hung in because he was leading in the Electoral College, despite being behind in the electoral college. In 2004, Kerry seems to be behind in both the Electoral College and the popular vote. In essence, if this becomes a “multi-week election,” it will be the second time the Dems have made us suffer that in four years.