29 December 2004 @ 4:09PM >> This certainly won’t quiet the conspiracy theorists, but the Ohio election recount is now over. President Bush wins by 118,457 votes.

Al Gore...I mean, John Kerry picked up 734 votes in the recount, while President Bush gained 449.

In total, Kerry moved 285 votes closer to President Bush’s total. Assuming Kerry would gain similarly in additional recounts, it would take 416 more recounts for Kerry to become president. No word yet on whether Terry McAuliffe has ruled out such a strategy.

29 December 2004 >> When the epitaph is written on this current age of journalism, I suspect a little asterisk will be reserved for Nick Coleman. He seems to be insisting on the most public flame-out possible. More >>