Bruce,

>Still not too likely, but by no means impossible. And wouldn't that be a fine-feathered mess... They showed a newspaper headline from 1888 or whenever the last time it happened, it said:
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>"Loser Wins!"

The more intriguing possibility to me is a tie in the electoral votes, in which case the official vote of the electoral college MIGHT be a tie, or might go one way or the other, depending on whether the electors stick with their assigned candidates.

If a tie there, as in 1800, the newly-elected House of Representatives will decide, with one vote per state delegation. In 1800, it took over 30 votes before Thomas Jefferson was elected over Aaron Burr. The VP would be decided by the Senate, which might mean a President and VP from different parties!

An electoral tie would certainly be high drama, although I much prefer a clean-cut Bush win.