In what is being called the mistake of the decade, Ohio's Governor Bob Taft reported today that after several recounts of his state's Presidential ballots, it is clear that, due to several voting machine malfunctions, Senator Kerry won Ohio by 24,614 votes. The nature of the malfunction is currently under investigation.

Many legal motions have already been filed by both Senator Kerry's and President Bush's lawyers. There are more questions than answers now, but what is sure is that this election has not been decided and will be caught in a legal battle more furious that the 2000 election.

"Make no mistake, we are now in for the long haul," stated NBC political analyst Tim Russert earlier today during his 38th straight hour of live television election coverage. "This election is a long way from being decided for sure." Ironically, notes Russert Iraq may hold elections before the outcome of our election is finally decided.

A poll conducted by Special Interests, Inc. shows that 48% of people who voted report they are excited that Kerry may win and 48% reported they are confident President Bush will remain the winner and added, without being asked, that they voted for moral values. The remaining 4% were undecided about how they felt concerning a reversal despite the fact that they had just voted a day earlier.

The crisis has caused a flood of legal questions to arise. Is Senator Kerry's verbal concession of the election legally binding? Is he able to rescind his concession until the provisional ballots are all tallied?

Voting booths like this were donated to Iraq by the state of Florida to facilitate January's "elections."

A spokesperson for Kerry issued a press release stating that they will follow up on the mistake and "investigate all legal possibilities available to Senator Kerry including the legal invalidation of any pinky swears that may or may not have occurred during the concession phone call."

President Bush stated in a press conference today that "The American people have spoken, Senator Kerry has spoken, and they have recognized me as the winner. I am the President and I will fight for what the American people have been told to choose."

Achmed Hassan, 45, of Iraq, when told the news said, "Back before the occupation we used to have elections in Iraq. Every time it was a literal 100% for Saddam and 0% for the non-existent challenger. There was never this much confusion" Hassan, a University Professor who lost an arm in an attempted kidnaping last month is concerned about how the American election system will translate in post war Iraq. "Mostly I am worried about those ghastly machines that we received from Florida. I am worried that disabled people will not be able to pull those levers to open and close the curtains and make the vote. And thanks to the lack of security, most of us are missing at least one limb. Will our votes be counted? Do our severed limbs get their own votes? These are the question the Americans have yet to answer."