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In reply to the discussion: Holy shit! Harvard professor says GOP electors are close to blocking Trump win [View all]JustAnotherGen
(33,700 posts)78. I keep reading these "headlines"
And it's depressing. It's not going to happen. Would I love it to happen? Yes! Absolutely.
But it is not going to happen.
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Holy shit! Harvard professor says GOP electors are close to blocking Trump win [View all]
boston bean
Dec 2016
OP
He suppressed investigation of Russian hacks while publicizing HRC investigation.
lagomorph777
Dec 2016
#98
This is how I feel also -- I would be delighted, ecstatic. But I have my doubts at this point
anneboleyn
Dec 2016
#127
House might choose Jeb or Marco, because they were preferred by most of the big GOP donors. nt
tblue37
Dec 2016
#101
I thought that the House and Senate could only interfere in the event of a tie and only a tie?
cstanleytech
Dec 2016
#52
Oh, this should be amusing to watch then in a "train wreck in action" kind of way as
cstanleytech
Dec 2016
#142
Good will? We can wrap that up, put it in a box and stow it away in the attic.
Missn-Hitch
Dec 2016
#32
Well if they let Hillary become president with Pence as VP then the deplorables will have plenty to
cstanleytech
Dec 2016
#53
Except 37 are not going to flip to Clinton and not all Dem electors will flip to a third candidate.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#86
Someone besides him needs to win 270 electors or the House picks and they will pick him.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#134
no, without enough electorial votes no one becomes pres and we have a new election.
Javaman
Dec 2016
#137
Dominoes fall one at a time. The more that fall, the more that will come after.
Tiggeroshii
Dec 2016
#37
That's true. A couple weeks ago, most people wouldn't have thought even 5 EC's would flip
AgadorSparticus
Dec 2016
#60
Geez how you been? Haven't seen you in ages. I don't give a shit if they use the constitution to
boston bean
Dec 2016
#102
I'd like to think positive, but I'm bitter. Everytime this kind of thing comes out,
C Moon
Dec 2016
#25
I'll believe it when I see it. Until then, Assfaced Shitgibbon is our president.
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2016
#46
Put yourself in the place of an elector. Knowing the cabinet nominees and the general coziness
Vinca
Dec 2016
#71
But we still get a Republican, possibly even worse than the Tweeter-In- Chief elect, though that's..
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2016
#91
Yes. In 2000, a DC elector abstained in protest of DC's lack of Congressional representation.
JustinL
Dec 2016
#149
I dunno, unable to buy this, unless the nastiness of this December surprise ain't over yet.
JHan
Dec 2016
#99
How the hell is that close when it is barely more than half of what is needed? nt
doc03
Dec 2016
#103