Electoral College Makes It Official

President Bush has officially been re-elected. The electoral college cast their votes a couple days ago. Some Democrats tried to hold up the vote by contesting Ohio's votes, but their efforts were defeated. CNN's article notes a very interesting little fact, though. Kerry did not get the 252 electoral college votes he was expected to get. Kerry ended up with 251. The official results? Bush 286, Kerry 251, and Jonathan Edwards 1. That's right, "One Democratic elector cast a vote not for Kerry but for former Sen. John Edwards, his vice presidential running mate." Hey, if Edwards had been at the top of the ticket, I might have voted for him too.