When it was all over, I saved and stacked up a copy of every court filing and court decision.

I'm six feet tall.

It was almost as tall as I am.

That's how much litigation there was in Florida.

Florida, Florida, Florida.

This promise is to be one of the closest races in American presidential history.

I'm running for president of the United States.

There's no turning back.

Our war or George W. Bush, he will be the 44th president of the United States.

As goes Florida, we'll go to nation.

Advisors say the key to a push victory remains Florida.

Tonight a lot of shallow breathing, a lot of forced smiles, a lot of white knuckles.

We don't know who's going to be the next president.

Florida, Florida, Florida.

I'm Chuck Todd, moderator of Meet the Press.

And this is our look back at the 2004 to recap.

And the most important political lessons we can take away from the most unusual presidential

contests we've ever seen.

If you've listened this far, then you know that we've been trying to tell this story

without getting into the nitty-gritty of every little twist in turn.

Over 37 days, hundreds of people across the state made thousands of decisions.

Any one of them could have influenced the vote count.

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