If we end in a Tie, it goes to Congress where the House will select the President and the Senate will select the VP...
Which would likely mean an Obama/Palin Administration. On Nov 4, 12:20 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you look back at Electoral College history (how they are elected) > you would find Jackson is often tauted as the historical symbol for > the change from legislative to popular vote selection. And frankly > prior to 1828 (while King Caucus 1 party rule existed and Presidential > candidates selected by Congressmen) this shift made little > difference... In 1824 we had the second Presidential elect tossed > into Congress (Not the newly elected Congress but the one elected 2 > years prior)... > > Secondly it was Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party who started > the politics of "Mob Rule - that is 'grassroots'" -- back as early as > 1792 with Citizen Genet... And Jefferson did quietly trash, by > negative ads and campaign in 1796 and 1800, Adams... I will not that > it was Adams, a moderate Federialist, who stopped a war between France > and the US even as Jefferson insisted Adams was a war monger... Some > things never change, the similarities between the 1790's and today in > this regards is amazing... > > On Nov 4, 2:35 pm, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Andrew Jackson Democracy lowered the property requirements of voters > > and from there is has been a continuous slide into imbecility, > > emotionalism and media influence. Some of those who are voting still > > haven't mastered basic English or math skills when then reach college. > > > On Nov 4, 1:24 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It is too bad so many on the LW refuse or can not see the bad effects > > > of voter fraud by their side... This is a side of the Obama's change > > > we SHOULD HATE AND DETEST... > > > >http://www.wsbtv.com/politics/17876720/detail.html#- > > > > >>> A team of investigative journalists from WSB-TV in Atlanta, WFTV in > > > >>> Orlando and WFTS in Tampa and WCPO in Cincinnati compared Georgia's > > > >>> voter rolls with those in Florida and Ohio and found more than > > > >>> 100,000 people who appear to be registered to vote in more than one > > > >>> state, with no government oversight to catch it.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
