McGrath of Harlow
To those who won, it was a legitimate reflection of the voters at that time and should be recognized.
To those who did not win (and some of their candidates are gone) it was as you said a "Defective" vote.
Now that John Edwards is gone and other votes have been counted in other states there is no way to duplicate the circumstances.
Not the same race at all.
Now I know that other than the impact that the U.S. has on an international level, you and I have nothing invested in this but can you just imagine the potential for unrest among those who are involved.
As it stands, you will have a hard time finding an Obama or Clinton supporter whose opinion on this is not driven by their choice of candidates.
It was an incredibly stupid decision made by people who should have known better and who may well have known which party these states favoured.
I really don't see, given the numbers, how the Democrats cannot take the vote into account.
Now I haven't looked up the definition of "Quagmire" but I do think that Dirty Harry had hyphenated word for similar circumstances and a second vote would qualify under both terms.