Bush Edwards?
Well, according to the polls, the election is neck and neck. With most showing Bush with a slight lead, it IS possible that a tie might occurr.
One potentail way by looking at just the “swing states” if Kerry takes:
CO (and the “split the vote” initiative doesn’t pass)
IA
MN
WI
MI
NV and
PA
(entirely possible)
and Bush takes the swing states of
HI (yes HI as the polls show him UP there)
AZ
NM
MO
OH
WV
VA and
FL
the electoral vote would be 269 vs 269.
I’ve found 16 other ways the same thing could happen using ONLY the “swing states.”
Therefore assuming of course no “faithless” electoral voter happens. For example West Virginia’s South Charleston Mayor Richie Robb, might not vote for Bush (although he calls it “unlikely” he would support Kerry. However, in Ohio, one of Kerry’s 20 electors could be disqualified because he is a congressman.
So, barring a faithless or disqualified elector, the house might actually decide the election this year. Now the House of Representatives, unless a unforseen change happens, will stay Republican and elect Bush in case of a tie.
However the Senate will elect the VP, and if a subsantial change happens there, Edwards could get the vote over Cheny who hasn’t earned a lot of friends in the Democratic side of the Senate.
Of course it that happens, I bet Bush doubles his Secret Service detail.
