If you recall the media tried to give FL to Gore in 2000 VNS was a private consortium owned by ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC. All 5 of the networks and cable newsrooms "announced" Gore had won BEFORE the 2nd time zone in FL had closed. This cost President Bush votes in the FL panhandle. I was at a friends house and the State of FL election website results showed President Bush was winning WHILE the big 5 media TV and Cable newsrooms "announced their" winner. The big 5 media TV and Cable newsrooms are the real threat to the 2004 election.
In today's American military, there are approximately 2.3 million members of the active duty, guard and reserves. They have families of legal voting age as well. That's a voting block of approximately 4 million. Key battleground states Florida, Missouri and New Mexico have significantly large military populations.