Provisional ballots gave Kerry fleeting hope
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For 12 hours or so Wednesday, the outcome of the presidential election appeared to depend on thousands of uncounted provisional ballots scattered around Ohio - and the state seemed poised to endure its own version of the Florida election crisis.
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Pre-election polls showed Americans may have been in the mood for a change in 2004: it is John Kerry's personal political tragedy that he could not persuade them he was the man to effect it.
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A presidential election can be a strange prism on the real world. Small incidents can look monumental simply because theyâre unexpected or embarrassing (remember the flap over
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WASHINGTON  John Kerry assumed his record of heroism in Vietnam would help him avoid the soft-on-defense attacks often leveled against Democrats who want to be commander in chief. He was right  but he didn&#39;t anticipate ...
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While the official result of the US election won&#39;t be known until Tuesday night, at the earliest, John Kerry&#39;s campaign may already feel they know the result, thanks to a weekend football game.
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The deciding votes in this critical battleground state could be cast long before President Bush and Sen. John Kerry make their final pleas to voters.
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Tuesdayâs primary results did not match the fervor that had been signaled by Barack Obamaâs dramatic march of rallies leading up to the vote.
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Memories of Florida's contested 2000 presidential election and a growing number of pre-election lawsuits are making Americans skeptical about a voting process they once took for granted.
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Some say sport and politics do not mix, but John Kerry believes a strange sporting omen has ensured his success in the US presidential election.
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Just as it was four years earlier, the 2004 presidential vote couldn&#39;t be settled on Election Night. Sen. John Kerry&#39;s campaign refused to concede early Wednesday, arguing that more than 250,000 provisional
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Democrats need to get a grip on themselves. John Kerry is not down for the count. He still has a good chance to capture the presidency on Nov. 2, even though the
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Both Democratic nominee John Kerry and US President George W Bush have campaigned in two key marginal states that could decide the result of the presidential election, just over a fortnight away.
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Thanks to John Kerry's concession speech, Ohio's election workers don't exactly have the eyes of the nation upon them, but their job of checking and counting the state's provisional ballots is as difficult and time-consuming as ever.
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You're not alone, Sen. John Kerry. Diplomacy, nuance and your adviser Bob Shrum were also Election Day losers.
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John Kerry may not win Ohio without attracting votes from sportsmen. That&#39;s why he took time in the final weeks of the election campaign to hunt geese in Boardman, Ohio, yesterday.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry changed tack after a week of savaging President George W. Bush over missing munitions in Iraq, preaching hope and the promise of the &quot;American dream.&quot;
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HIS was supposed to be the positive campaign. Late last fall, Democrats and Republicans alike predicted that a new campaign rule requiring candidates to appear in their own