"Bush Prepares to Declare Re-Election Win"

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON - With Ohio looming as a Florida redux, President Bush prepared to declare re-election victory in the wee hours of Wednesday and Democratic rival John Kerry refused to concede.

After winning Nevada and pulling within 16 electoral votes of the 270 required for a second term, Bush was laying claim to Ohio's 20 over Kerry's objections. "We will not base our decision on a concession," said Bush adviser Dan Bartlett as other aides said Bush would soon go before supporters to declare victory.

Ceding nothing, Kerry dispatched running mate John Edwards to tell
supporters in Boston: "We will fight for every vote.

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