The chances are very slim of things going this far, and I think the chances of the Senate going Democrat are virtually nil at this point. Tom Daschle might not even win re-election, which would be a huge shocker because he's a pretty conservative guy as these things go.
I would love to see the race decided by the House, though. I can just see Michael Moore's beet-red face on TV denouncing the Constitution for enabling a Republican-controlled House to give Bush another four years "without winning a legitimate election" in Moore's mind. Apart from the entertainment value in seeing several high-profile whiners on camera (a la Team America), I think it would be hugely educational for Americans to see how our system of government functions, that even an electoral tie has a Constitutionally valid resolution. Imagine if there is a tie and one of the electors defects and votes for Bush, or for Kerry, thereby giving one of them the Presidency? That would be cool, too, although it would feed another four years of one side or the other whining about an illegitimate president. If that happens I might have to get rid of my TV! > There several scenarios, admittedly with very small probabilities, > that could result in the Electoral College being in a 269 to 269 tie. > My understanding is that then the House chooses the President and the > Senate chooses the Vice President. With a small shift, the Senate > could be Democratic instead of liberal. This allows for a theoretical > Bush-Edwards administration. > > In this extremely unlikely outcome, imagine how one might feel being a > Secret Service agent assigned to protect the President. How many > potential threats might there be, with fanatical, left-extremist > knowing what the loss of Bush would mean. > > This is just my overactive imagination at work; which probably > explains why I enjoy Science Fiction so much. But just imagine. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=37 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133293 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
