John Kerry could pull a rabbit out of his arse and tap dance his way to Iraq, but nothing is likely to prevent Dubbya from keeping his personal belongings at the White house for another term, or at least until the curse of the Presidents sees him die in office.
For what its worth, Kerry has run a good race, despite having a face like a horse (but then, Australia does have the frog for a PM). He was a bit slow out of the stalls, and though he rarely managed to take the lead from Bush Jr the race has been neck and neck all the way. The final leg has been Kerry's strongest. Unfortunately it was a little too late for first prize, according to the pundits and the pollsters.
Meanwhile, world events have not been of any great benefit to the incumbent Bush as cynics like myself have predicted. There was no last minute threat of terrorism upon the USA, no sudden victory in Iraq, and despite the timely appearance this week of the Phantom Menace, his whereabouts is still relatively unknown, though China is under scrutiny. All in all, nothing to push Bush over the line as the conspiracy theorists were predicting. I'm disappointed.
The only mystery left to unravel in this US election is how decisive the Bush vistory will be, and how many legal challenges might rise from the voting nightmare that has hovered over most of the election campaign. The USA is in dire need of electroal reform to ensure that standards are the same across States and Counties and to eliminate the difficulties associated with voter registration, especially for the poorer minority groups.
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