Whistle Stop, Thanks for picking it up and apologies to Howard Baker, who was on "Meet the Press" and to my co worker Harold Baker, who wasn't.

On the succession, I was assuming both the President elect and VP would resign. If its only the President, then the VP is next.

How long is it before the majority (who aren't passionately sure that one side or the other is cheating in some way) decide that the whole election is a joke and that whoever wins "stole" it from the other. Do we end up with a figurehead? (Are either of them much more than that anyway)

Still, for us democrats, there is a silver lining. If Bush does win (as seems likely) and if, due to natural economic cycles (exacerbated by the questions about the legitimacy of the win) we have a recession, we can blame the republicans. That ought to be good for 15 or 20 years of democratic control.

Regards John