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Those of you interested in affirmative action won’t want to miss Rick Sander’s forthcoming article in the Stanford Law Review. For the next several days, Sander will be blogging about his article at Eugene Volokh’s site.

I’m sorry I didn’t see Gilbert Meilaender’s excellent New Atlantis article on embryonic stem cell research before Election Day. Meilaender, a member of the President’s Commission on Bioethics, was one of my professors at Oberlin College in the late 1980s.
As Meilaender argues, the advocates of embyronic stem cell research, such as Ron Reagan, do not [...]

Looks like all those front-page stories hailing baseball’s return to Washington DC were a bit premature. The plan may still go through, but with the defection of city council Chairman Linda W. Cropp, it’s no longer the sure thing that many here assumed. According to the Washington Post, Mayor Anthony Williams and Cropp “each [...]

Many pundits have been trumpeting President Bush’s success among Hispanics as one of the keys to his victory last week. Dick Morris, for example, wrote in the New York Post:
GEORGE W. Bush was re-elected on Tuesday because the Hispanic vote, long a Democratic Party preserve, shifted toward the president’s side. The USA Today exit poll [...]

Thanks to Brain Shavings for introducing me through his blog to U.S. Marine Dave Bellon, who is posting letters to his dad from Fallujah online. Here’s an excerpt from his latest dispatch, dated Nov. 3:
Dear Dad -
As you have no doubt been watching, we have had our hands full around Fallujah. It would seem as [...]

AP: Bush, Kerry Voters Differ on View of U.S.

From the AP:
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Prominent Saudi religious scholars urged Iraqis to support militants waging holy war against the U.S.-led coalition forces as American troops prepared Saturday for a major assault on the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah.
Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch has more.
Donald Sensing adds:
The timing of the fatwa is interesting. One, it comes just [...]

Newsweek reports on the behind-the-scene mutterings of John Kerry:
When President Bush’s poll numbers surged in April after a press conference where his performance was derided by the press and the chattering classes, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry was baffled, writes Newsweek Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas in an exclusive report in Newsweek’s special election [...]

Created by the American Leftist
As you’ve all seen, Michael Moore has made his post-election “statement” on his website by publishing a photo mosaic of President Bush’s face, formed with the images of fallen American soldiers.
The mosaic was created by the blogger American Leftist earlier this spring (would have been nice for Moore to give his [...]

My column is about the now-thoroughly-discredited myth that higher turnout benefits Democrats. Here’s the intro:
Despite apocalyptic claims of systemic voter suppression, upwards of 120 million Americans were able to navigate traffic, traverse bad weather, find their polling places, stand in line without fainting, elbow their way past United Nations nosybodies and MoveOn.org mobsters, press their [...]

Apparently, someone who works for the Netscape/CNN.com news website wasn’t too happy with the election results. A bunch of readers and bloggers who went to this page yesterday and tried to save the photo of the president and the first lady noticed that the file name contained a rather biased editorial comment.
Click here.
The photo file [...]

Here is a county-level map of the 2004 presidential election results, courtesy of USA Today:

A map of the 2000 results can be viewed here.

“News organizations promised Wednesday to look into why their Election Day exit polls showed an initial surge for John Kerry, but also blamed bloggers for spreading news that gave a misleading view of the presidential race,” AP’s Dave Bauder reports. “‘I think people believed them, and it’s particularly the case with Internet bloggers,’ said Kathy [...]

In Washington, my old home state, some delightfully surprising results:
- Republican Dino Rossi, a solid conservative legislator from Issaquah, is currently 1,000 votes ahead of litigation-happy Democrat Christine Gregoire in the race for Governor. Gregoire’s management abilities (or lack thereof) were demonstrated in this incident. This race is too close to call.
- King County Republican [...]

Just wanted to post that for posterity as the President makes his entrance.
Update: Lovely speech. God bless America!

Kerry just finished speaking. I have nothing but good words at this moment. He was human–the catch in his throat when he thanked supporters from the “bottom of his heart.” He was a man–explaining unapologetically that he could not win. And unlike John Edwards, Kerry displayed almost none of the smarminess or hubris that so [...]

Well, now that the talking heads don’t have to say “Too Close To Call” anymore, a new batch of mindlessly repeated phrases are polluting the airwaves
“The Country is Deeply Divided.”
“It’s Time to Heal.”
“We Need to Heal.”
“The President Must Reach Out.”
Oh, blecch. Yes, civility is all well and good. But it is hard to stomach the [...]

Here’s the “news quote of the day” from Chris Matthews, which is featured on Don “Execute the Swift Vets” Imus’ website:
“When you lose an election, it’s horrible especially if you have been President for four years. Can you imagine being President for four years, living in the White House, thinking that you are part of [...]

OUTRAGEOUS.
Don Imus takes aim at the war veterans who made an incredible impact on this election, despite the ULM’s (unhinged liberal media’s) worst efforts to stifle their voices. Freepers are reporting on Imus’ rant here. Check back. I’ll try and have more after get off my column deadline at 10am-ish.

I said on Fox this morning that Kerry should concede today at 10am, which prompted several hissy letters that echoed this Dem reader’s sentiments:
Dear Michelle,
I caught your appearance on Fox News on the evening (sic) of November 2, 2004. It was truly shameful. How could anyone except a partisan stooge possible argue that [...]

Voters nationwide reported some 1,100 problems with electronic voting machines on Tuesday, including trouble choosing their intended candidates. The e-voting glitches reported to the Election Protection Coalition, an umbrella group of volunteer poll monitors that set up a telephone hotline, included malfunctions blamed on everything from power outages to incompetent poll workers.
Angry, “disenfranchised,” Luddite voters [...]

You know everyone’s gonna have one–the winners/losers list. Might as well get started. Feel free to add.
Winners: Swift Boat Vets
Losers: Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Matthews, Mary Mapes, insert every other Swift Vet-hating media elitist here

Winner: Hillary Clinton
Loser: Terry McAuliffe
Winner: Zell Miller
Loser: Tom Daschle
Winner: Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
Loser: Florida election lawyers
Winner: Ron Silver
Loser: P. Diddy
Winner: Blogosphere
Loser: [...]

Thanks for all the great e-mails. Keep ‘em coming. Here’s a sample from the night owls who checked in with me throughout the wee hours:
On media bias:
I’m watching tv wondering why CNN, ABC, and CBS have all called PA for John Kerry when these channels say that Kerry has less than a 125,000 lead [...]

Once again, see-BS and Dan Rather display their utter ignorance of the blogosphere. Ace of Spades caught this exchange between Rather and Ed Bradley:
DAN RATHER: One would expect that the blogging machine which the White House and the Bush-Cheney campaign has used for any number of purposes over their four years will start now, if [...]

I am scheduled to be on Fox at 4:20am — yes, 4:20am — to discuss the latest goings-on.

The liberal media has wholeheartedly embraced young Democrat Barak Obama, son of immigrants and new member of Congress. They’ve paid less attention to another dynamic son of immigrants, Republican Bobby Jindal–who also won election to Congress handily tonight.
Don’t expect the New York Times editorial board or like-minded media elites to give Jindal a fair shake. [...]

Democratic Underground, the left’s version of Free Republic, has shut off its forum to unregistered visitors for the night.
A Corner reader in Georgetown says libs are quitting their parties with heads hanging low.
Not much activity at top liberal blogs. Zzzzzz.
Is there one happy Democrat awake anywhere? A reader writes in…
Somewhere in Westchester County a giddy [...]

Tonight’s results are huge vindication for Zell Miller.
Democrat Fritz Hollings’ seat goes Republican.
Democrat John Edwards’ seat goes Republican.
Louisiana’s Senate seat looks like it will go Republican.
Kerry failed to secure the South.
Miller wrote in his book, A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat:
National Democratic leaders know nothing about the modern South. [...]

Fox called it for Bush 15 minutes ago. Secretary of State Ken Blackwell told Peter Jennings that he’ll take “2 days, 2 weeks, or 2 months” if he has to, to ensure a fair count. John Hinderaker at Power Line says:
The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office reports that with 65% of precincts in, President Bush [...]

Florida station WJXT reports: Florida Voting So Smooth, Michael Moore Packs Up, Leaves
He’s reportedly headed to Ohio. Don’t stop there, buddy. Make like a California liberal and keep moving north…Canada is lovely this time of year.
Update: A steamed Canadian reader protests…
As a Canadian I must vehemently protest your suggestion that Mr Moore continue his, (hopefully [...]