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Romney/Biden in 2012?

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OK, OK, so it's not likely.

But, it is possible. Here's how:

President Obama wins the states now solidly or leaning Democratic, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, while Mitt Romney wins the states now solidly or leaning Republican, including North Carolina.Then assume Obama wins New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin. Romney wins Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada and Virginia.
269-269.

It's a tie.

The 12th Amendment of the Constitution specifies what would happen next. If no candidate wins a majority of the Electoral College — that's happened just once, in the 1824 election — the presidential contest would be thrown to the House of Representatives. Each state delegation would get a single vote, determined by the state's new congressional delegation.Likely winner: Romney, since 33 state delegations are now controlled by Republicans.

The Senate would choose the new vice president from the two top finishers in the Electoral College. That election is harder to predict, given that Republicans hope to gain a majority in the new Senate. Democrats and their independent allies now control the Senate, 53-47.

One even-more-distant prospect: If the Senate deadlocks 50-50 on a new vice president, the person breaking a tie would be Vice President Biden — who could, of course, vote for himself.
Welcome to the Romney-Biden administration.

From USA Today
 
Yeah but if is a tie in the House or they cannot reach a majority on anyone, Biden becomes President if picked by the Senate and then he gets to nominate his own VP after being sworn in so it could be Biden/Angelina Jolie 2013.
 
All one has to do is look at the 2000 election, LOL. Who would have ever thought that would have happened!

Interesting read, Ditto, thanks for the post.

Like I said, anything is possible. Nobody thought the NY Giants were going to win the Super Bowl in 2008, but they did. That's why they play those games. This is why we have elections.
 
Yeah but if is a tie in the House or they cannot reach a majority on anyone, Biden becomes President if picked by the Senate and then he gets to nominate his own VP after being sworn in so it could be Biden/Angelina Jolie 2013.

Sure, but its inconceivable that they would be unable to reach a majority in the house. Republicans have a massive state delegation majority, so unfortunately doesn't seem like that would be likely.
 
Sure, but its inconceivable that they would be unable to reach a majority in the house. Republicans have a massive state delegation majority, so unfortunately doesn't seem like that would be likely.

Does any of it? LOL
 
nevermind read that wrong
 
Yeah but if is a tie in the House or they cannot reach a majority on anyone, Biden becomes President if picked by the Senate and then he gets to nominate his own VP after being sworn in so it could be Biden/Angelina Jolie 2013.

I hadn't thought of that. It does seem like neither the House nor the Senate can agree on what to have for lunch, let alone anything that really matters.

Biden/Jolie 2013!
 
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