The Vice President of The United States, Dick Cheney, introduced the victorious President George W. Bush this afternoon to a rally of supporters in Washington D.C. Cheney spoke prior to Bush's acceptance speech for the 2004-2008 presidency.

Also in attendance for the victory speeches were: Colin Powell, other members of the President's Cabinet, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, the entire campaign team, the Bureaucratic Hall, nearly everyone from The White House, and any and every Bush supporter who was able to get into the Ronald Reagan Building.

Everyone in the room chanted "Four More Years" as Vice President Cheney entered the room with his wife, Lynne, their daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Elizabeth's husband, Philip and Dick & Lynne's four grandchildren.

President Bush followed the Vice President's family together with First Lady, Laura and their daughters, Barbara and Jenna.

Cheney told the Republican victory rally that the results of Tuesday's elections translated into a mandate for the president's policies.

Vice President Cheney said:

Thank you all.

It is an honor for me to be here along with Lynne and our whole family on this very special afternoon.

This was an historic election, and once again I have delivered the state of Wyoming for the Bush-Cheney ticket.

This campaign has been a tremendously uplifting experience.

We've carried the President's message of hope and optimism across the continent -- even to the Aloha state.

We've worked hard, and gained many new friends, and the result is now clear: A record voter turn-out and a broad nationwide victory.

We're deeply grateful to every person who joined in the effort.

Thanks to you, we've gained seats in The House of Representatives.

Thanks to you, I will be presiding over a larger Republican majority in the United States Senate.

Thanks to you, President George W. Bush won the greatest number of popular votes of any presidential candidate in history.

This has been a consequential presidency which has revitalized our economy, and reasserted a confident American role in the world. Yet, in the election of 2004, we did more than campaign on a record. President Bush ran forthrightly on a clear agenda for this nation's future, and the nation responded by giving him a mandate.

Now, we move forward to serve and to guard the country we love.

It has been my special privilege to serve as Vice President along side this exceptional American.

He is a man of deep conviction and personal kindness. His leadership is wise and firm and fearless. Those are the qualities that Americans like in a president, and those are the qualities we will need for the next four years.

If ever a man met his moment as the leader of this country that man is George W. Bush.

Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the President of The United States.

Celebrating The Re-Election of George W. Bush: The President's Acceptance Speech (in full)