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Presidential races and the rules

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 | 2 a.m.

The rules of presidential races are the same as the rules of most parlay cards: A tie goes to the House. And more and more, as 269-269 scenarios are written, Nevada figures prominently. CQ Politics is the latest to raise the possibility in a piece headlined “In the Event of a Tie.” It posits that if Barack Obama could turn Colorado, Iowa and New Mexico or Nevada blue and John McCain could turn New Hampshire red, the tie is born. And then, CQ points out, we’d have to wait to see whether the electors don’t switch sides when they actually cast their votes and then wait for the House to decide the race for the highest office in the land. It’s happened only once — in 1800, when the House gave it to Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr. Could it happen 208 years later?

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By redferret

Oct. 7, 2008

10:05 a.m.

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I was wondering about... Well a tie basically means dems win.
By Future2012

Oct. 8, 2008

9:36 a.m.

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It is amazing that Republicans continue to allow federal funding of the Democratic run Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

ACORN Fraud in getting democratic voters is nothing new, but why are we paying for it.

ACORN in Ohio is running a sweep of homeless locations and getting them in for same day registation AND voting, and we are paying for it.

In the off election years these ACORN guys run around getting no down sub-prime loans for "poor" people with no income evidence.

This is the Democrat definition of REFORM.

With out doubt these community organizers are milking the system and we are paying for it.

ACORN Lobbyist, Lawyer, Trainer Barack Obama will reward ACORN and Union support after after he is elected and the hole will get deeper.

What happened to transparency and tracability and the anti-lobbyist outcry.