2008 Woodie Awards
Another four years
Bush retains his position in the Oval Office after a close race
Cory Pittman
Issue date: 11/15/04 Section: Opinion
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The presidential election for 2004 is all said and done at last, as we prepare for the events to unfold as George W Bush takes office for another term.
As with the last election, the results were close, but not nearly as close. That leaves us with a much less sticky situation, or at least would appear to be as of now.
Bush took the lead very early on election night, but it wasn't a lead that would promise victory.
Eventually, all eyes were on Ohio. Bush was at the point where if Ohio went to Bush, it was very likely he would win, but if it went to Kerry, there were multiple ways that he could come back from behind, and pick up the victory.
The states seemed to be falling generally the same as the last election, which is why it was quite possible that Kerry receiving Ohio could give him the win.
Since Ohio went to Gore in the last election, everyone was on their toes for the result to come in.
The results came in late at night, and I didn't hear them until the next morning, but Ohio fell to Bush.
As of the morning of November 3, Bush had received 269 electoral votes with a need of 270. At that point it was pretty obvious who the election would go to.
The coverage of the election this time around was quite a bit more individualized.
To prevent a repeat of the last election, and have a different projected winner on each station only to have them change minutes later, coverage was looked at much closer by each individual station to cover in their own way.
This also gave incentive for a great deal of channel surfing though, to see if one station was just missing out on the most current information.
One of the most surprising results to me was how quickly Florida was decided for Bush this time around.
Since in the last election, Florida's result became so controversial, I was expecting that it would be one of the last states to fall. But this time, it was projected fast and over all the news stations.
This time around, whether you love Bush or you hate him, it was at least legitimate and without controversy that the results of the election went up without argument.
As the campaign slogan went this year, whether you voted for him or not, it is official, and Bush has "four more years" in office, breaking away from his father, as a one-term President.
As with the last election, the results were close, but not nearly as close. That leaves us with a much less sticky situation, or at least would appear to be as of now.
Bush took the lead very early on election night, but it wasn't a lead that would promise victory.
Eventually, all eyes were on Ohio. Bush was at the point where if Ohio went to Bush, it was very likely he would win, but if it went to Kerry, there were multiple ways that he could come back from behind, and pick up the victory.
The states seemed to be falling generally the same as the last election, which is why it was quite possible that Kerry receiving Ohio could give him the win.
Since Ohio went to Gore in the last election, everyone was on their toes for the result to come in.
The results came in late at night, and I didn't hear them until the next morning, but Ohio fell to Bush.
As of the morning of November 3, Bush had received 269 electoral votes with a need of 270. At that point it was pretty obvious who the election would go to.
The coverage of the election this time around was quite a bit more individualized.
To prevent a repeat of the last election, and have a different projected winner on each station only to have them change minutes later, coverage was looked at much closer by each individual station to cover in their own way.
This also gave incentive for a great deal of channel surfing though, to see if one station was just missing out on the most current information.
One of the most surprising results to me was how quickly Florida was decided for Bush this time around.
Since in the last election, Florida's result became so controversial, I was expecting that it would be one of the last states to fall. But this time, it was projected fast and over all the news stations.
This time around, whether you love Bush or you hate him, it was at least legitimate and without controversy that the results of the election went up without argument.
As the campaign slogan went this year, whether you voted for him or not, it is official, and Bush has "four more years" in office, breaking away from his father, as a one-term President.