Well, as a progressive and one of the few who, after some soul searching, still will vote for Nadar, I am hoping for a constitutional crisis from this election. Yeah, I hope it is so miserably deadlocked that it will be decided in the House of Representatives. It wouldn't hurt for the Dems to win a few House and maybe an additional Senate seat even though these folks wouldn't be the ones who would decide which set of electors to accept for deciding the next president.

(That is irresponsible and crazy thinking, Bobert!!!)

No, it's not. What we have is one party (fraternity, if you will...) rule. Throwing the presidential election into the House would, at the very least, make existing House members aware that there are millions of folks out there who go left un-represented. In this case it may just be the Dems, who if this goes to the House should put up a purdy good PR battle. I'm not sure exactly what will come out of such a crisis but it is not unreasonable to expect the "winner take all" electorial college to be shut down. This would be a shot in the arm for the progressives because it would provide motivation to vote *for* something rather than *against* something. Yeah, if I know that if my state votes 10% progressive that 1 progressive elector will cast a vote for Nadar when the Electorial College convenes then I'm more apt to vote for him...

So bring on a very messy election. The messier, the better for the future of 3rd parties (really 2nd parties since the Demopubs ain't much different...)

Bobert