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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (3746)	11/28/2000 1:27:24 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 6710

Actually, I think the Senate organizational question will be settled in December. Daschle has already publicly jumped up and down on his little table and squealed that he will use procedural obstacles to keep the Republicans from organizing the Senate using Cheney's vote. While he can and will certainly obstruct any way he can over the next 2-4 years, in order to completely shut the Senate down, he would need all 49 of his bros behind it. Some of his Breauxs' most likely already have their own ideas of how to solve the Senate's problem. But there is still the possibility that no normal politics can take place in that political body, and that there will be 50/50 with no sitting VP. The 50/50 would also prevent them from choosing another president. Given that, I was just wondering if all that would be left would be a paralyzed Senate lasting until the next election... If the presidential race had already been settled, the coming drama in the Senate would be the top political story. Chances are you will see things like a motion not to seat the Widow Carnahan, as well as a few other interesting moves. The Senate, unlike the lawyer-poisoned presidential situation, is more like an 18th century battle of maneuver...