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To: willcousa who wrote (39215)	11/8/2000 9:52:32 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Whole system is a dinosaur anyway. I suspect we will be voting by mail and internet in a couple of cycles. If Bush wins Florida and thus wins the election 271-267, and Gore maintains 250,000 vote national lead we still might have an electoral college problem if two or more electors defect. This has happened before, albeit not in close races and certificaton by Congress of electoral college results came anyway without challenge to those electors. There could be some opportunists out there. Country voted for gridlock and whoever becomes President knows this. So look for four more years of paying down the debt. Hopefully either guy will compromise with other party to get some need legislation thru. Clinton/Gingrich could be replaced by a more effective form of gridlock. Bush did exactly that in Texas and Gore's background after all is in the legislative branch where they learn to compromise early.