National Presidential Election contest thread

[joeydb]

Romney 311 - Obama 227

[Clip-Clop]

269-269

Romney is given the election due to superior cash.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

269-269

Romney is given the election due to superior cash.

i was just thinking about the scenario if neither candidate got to 270. it's happened in the past, but because of having more than two candidates. for instance, when john quincy adams became president, his opponents jackson and clay both also received electoral votes. clay and his 'corrupt bargain' with adams ended the issue, and jackson and his supporters were left in the cold (and jackson had received the most popular votes). four years later, andy got his revenge.

the issue would be decided by the house of representatives that take their seats in january.
but the vp, in case of a tie...chosen by the senate. so, we could actually end up with a president from one party, a vp from another, for the first time in a long time!
my gosh, can you imagine if this actually went to congress? yikes.

Obama - 287 (but I'm secretly hoping for the 269-269 scenario).

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

269-269

Romney is given the election due to superior cash.

In that case.

Congress chooses the President and the Senate the Vice President

Romney/Biden?

Romney/Obama? LMAO

Personally I'd like to see Ryan/Jackson with Jackson occupying the Mayo Clinic

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

In that case.

Congress chooses the President and the Senate the Vice President

Romney/Biden?

Romney/Obama? LMAO

Personally I'd like to see Ryan/Jackson with Jackson occupying the Mayo Clinic

In that case... the House picks Romney

and the GOP in the Senate will require a supermajority, in turn, nobody recieves 60 votes and the speaker of the house will be the new vice president.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

In that case... the House picks Romney

and the GOP in the Senate will require a supermajority, in turn, nobody recieves 60 votes and the speaker of the house will be the new vice president.

Different than what I had reported earlier this morn but for obvious reasons makes much more sense. Need to stop watching WGN in the morning I guess?

[Riot]

Jeff Gauvin ‏@JeffersonObama

WOW ---- +2 Gallup Obama bounce + RAND: Obama +4, UPI: Obama +2, YOUGOV: Obama +2, IBD: Obama +2, Reuters: Obama +1 #POLLS

Geesh, maybe Reuters is gonna be right on their electoral college prediction. Especially if Donald Trump and Richard Murdock continue to represent the Republican Party these last 13 days.

[Antitrust32]

Donald Trump does need to shut his pie hole if Romney wants to win this thing.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

In that case... the House picks Romney

and the GOP in the Senate will require a supermajority, in turn, nobody recieves 60 votes and the speaker of the house will be the new vice president.

no supermajority needed. in case of a tie, biden would break it. so you potentially could have romney as prez, biden as vice.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Romney 311 - Obama 227

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9y1vGxPVAA

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by jms62

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9y1vGxPVAA

Thanks for the video...that's my girl, love her...Have a cd of hers i got after watching the movie True Crime...she sang 'why should i care' at the end when running the credits...