I am about ready to impugn their motives. They waited a gracious plenty to call states where President Bush clearly was the winner, and have called very early states which have so far not evidenced any such tendency toward one candidate or another. Look at Connecticut:
Connecticut race for President
6 of 759 precincts - 1 percent
| x- | John F. Kerry | Dem | 4,335 - 49 percent | |
| George W. Bush (i) | Rep | 4,327 - 49 percent | ||
| Ralph Nader | PEC | 99 - 1 percent | ||
| David Cobb | Grn | 44 - 0 percent | ||
| Michael Badnarik | Lib | 18 - 0 percent | ||
| Michael Peroutka | CC | 5 - 0 percent | ||
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It's a tie right now, but they called it very, very early. SC, NC, Tennessee, and Virginia clearly were ahead, and they were called much later in the sequence. But that is as it has been, and probably will continue to be so. On this night, however, I don't think it will be at all effective: |
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| Candidate | Electoral | States Won | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bush |
102 | 10 | 55% | 6,797,793 |
 Kerry |
77 | 9 | 44% | 5,478,620 |
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We are winning! |