William Daley, Campaign Chairman for Democratic presidential candidate [U.S. Vice President Al Gore], addresses members of the press at the Loew's Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee November 8, 2000. [The U.S. presidential race dissolved into unprecedented confusion today when Republican George W. Bush saw his apparent victory over Gore snatched away at least for the time being. Vice President Gore, who had called the Texas governor to congratulate him after television networks declared Bush the winner, retracted his concession after the vote count in the crucial state of Florida suddenly became too close to call. ]