Forgive me, I’m a little slow to this thing, but the L.A. Times electoral map is a hoot. It also shows you how many nightmare permutations there are. I started with the Bush/Gore breakdown, and then shifted Wisconsin and New Mexico into Bush’s column and New Hampshire and Ohio into Kerry’s. What happened? Dead tied: 269-269. Yuck. In this situation, according to the Times, the President is decided by one vote from each of the state’s congressional delegations. That would give Bush a 30-15 victory, with 5 states tied. However, the VP nomination would go to a majority vote in the Senate. It’s unclear if Dick Cheney would act as the tiebreaker in this scenario (anyone?), but if the Senate goes Democratic (which it could), we could end up with Bush as the president and JOHN EDWARDS as the VP! How screwy is that? Or maybe the senate would chose Kerry as VP just for shits and giggles.
Either way, things don’t look good in case of a tie.
Add to that the fact that the Bush administration is considering a recess appointment to fill Rehnquist’s seat, and we’re looking at hijinks galore.
My money still says that a clear Kerry victory is in sight.
Now Playing: Episode 350
Al Gore’s plan for energy independence, Obama’s trip overseas, and finally, the bailout of Fannie and Freddie.
Links Mentioned: Al Gore’s plan … articles on carbon-neutral communities in The New Yorker and the NYT.
