A Funny Situation

Let's think of a hypothetical situation for the 2nd of November election. Let's say the states that are leaning towards a candidate vote for that candidate. Let's say, of the six swing states, Kerry picks up Florida and Michigan, and Bush picks up the rest. In that scenario, both candidates will have 269 votes in the electoral college.

You'd think that in such a case the presidency would be decided by who won the popular vote - alas, no... that's too close to genuine democracy. Instead, the House of Representatives would pick the president by the virtue of a majority vote. But here's the funny thing - the senate picks the vice president on the basis of its own majority vote.

That means, once the dust settles, there could end up being a Kerry-Cheney administration! Or, and this is just hilarious, a Bush-Edwards administration! The laughs just keep on coming!