Maybe a quarter million votes are uncounted in Ohio, but that hasn´t stopped the White House from declaring Bush winner. That´s democracy - in the American style. If Kerry would now get ahead in Ohio, Bush supportes would cry that he steal the election, them not caring that all the votes are not counted. They have this habit of believing in victory at all means, whatever the cost.

It seems that there were four reasons why Kerry didn´t win Ohio:1)The younger people voted less eagerly than the elderly Bush lovers. 2)33% of Ohio voters consider themselves to be "born again Christian" fundamentalists, comrades in arms of Bush (which probably makes them feel really good in the shadow of abandoned factories). 3)Ohio voters don´t like gays having marriage rights. 4)The people of Ohio are really scared about terrorists and believe that the chimp will protect them, even if the only terrorists in Ohio have been of the homegrown variety, ideologically not faraway from the chimp.

Another yankee has bitten the dust in Iraq. About 1124 Yankee soldiers have now died during the crusade against Iraq. The number of Yankee civilians who have died is not at all clear, especially the number of dead mercenaries, but it´s something like 50.