Bush withdraws, McCain is nominated.... Nah, not likely.

I think that there has been a fundamental change in the thinking of the people of the US since September 11, 2003. The realization that terror tactics are real has hit home, and more importantly, people realize that there is little the government can do to protect them.

Suspension of the Constitution is so highly unlikely that it approaches impossible. Should it be tried, there would be Civil War and the "cure" would be worse than the "disease."

But if you want a scenario: suppose that polling places in the East were attacked while voting was going on, but BEFORE voting in the West commenced. What effect would that have on the Western US and the whole election?