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

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (6442)	12/18/2000 9:16:23 AM
From: aknahow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Thanks, guess that explains the process. If some worked to get Electors to switch, I would think they would try to get enough to do so, so as to avoid producing a tie. If there is no tie, it is my understanding Congress would have no legal reason to vote on the final outcome. Is this correct?? Now if switches were made, is the p.r. damage to those causing the switch minimized by an immediate revelation of the outcome, before Bush makes more appointments? Or is is better to create a bigger surprise on Jan. 6, when there would be less time for the shocked losers to pontificate before Gore takes office? Gore probably has his appointments firmly in mind and would not need a long transition time. In my mind it's not over till it's over. The Electors are subject to "moral" persuasion, thinly disguised blackmail, and or indirect bribes. It just seems like too easy a task to produce sufficient switches. The gracious concession, the insistence on the having won the popular vote, even before millions of absentee vote results have been revealed, and the call for working with Bush by both Clinton and others possibly lay the groundwork for Bush having to act just the same even if in the final moment he discovers victory has been snatched from his hands.