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President Bush defeats Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.): 286 electoral votes to 252 . . . Wins more than 58 million total votes, breaking previous record of 54.5 million set by Ronald Reagan in 1984 . . . Becomes first presidential candidate to win majority of popular vote since 1988 . . . Improves his level of support over 2000 in 45 states, including Massachusetts . . . Republicans gain 4 seats in Senate and at least 4 seats in House . . . Bush in postelection press conference: “When you win, there is a feeling that the people have spoken and embraced your point of view.” … “I earned capital in the campaign—political capital—and now I intend to spend it.” . . . Bush on Social Security reform: “There are going to be costs. But the cost of doing nothing . . . is much greater than the cost of reforming the system today.” . . . Bush, on ABC: “I don’t think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement, if that’s what a state chooses to do.” … Novelist Tom Wolfe on Bush, in Guardian: “I think support for Bush is about not wanting to be led by East Coast pretensions. It is about not wanting to be led by people who are forever trying to force their twisted sense of morality onto us, which is a non-morality. That is constantly done, and there is real resentment.”

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“No appointments are available for the next three months, but you can always call in to the doctor’s talk show,”

President Bush defeats Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.): 286 electoral votes to 252 . . . Wins more than 58 million total votes, breaking previous record of 54.5 million set by Ronald Reagan in 1984 . . . Becomes first presidential candidate to win majority of popular vote since 1988 . . . Improves his level of support over 2000 in 45 states, including Massachusetts . . . Republicans gain 4 seats in Senate and at least 4 seats in House . . . Bush in postelection press conference: “When you win, there is a feeling that the people have spoken and embraced your point of view.” … “I earned capital in the campaign—political capital—and now I intend to spend it.” . . . Bush on Social Security reform: “There are going to be costs. But the cost of doing nothing . . . is much greater than the cost of reforming the system today.” . . . Bush, on ABC: “I don’t think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement, if that’s what a state chooses to do.” … Novelist Tom Wolfe on Bush, in Guardian: “I think support for Bush is about not wanting to be led by East Coast pretensions. It is about not wanting to be led by people who are forever trying to force their twisted sense of morality onto us, which is a non-morality. That is constantly done, and there is real resentment.”