At 2:30 a.m. ET George W. Bush looked an awful lot like the 43rd President of the United States. After a hard back and forth night, the last tumbler slipped into place, bells began ringing, and the networks called Florida (and the election) for Bush. Gore called to concede; Austin exploded, and the race looked all over but the punditry

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