On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:01:52 -0400, Warp wrote:

>   Imagine if the leaders of the country were decided by the vote of 12
> random people. *That* would be absurd.

There's every possibility that happened in the last two US presidential 
elections, and every possibility that will continue in this one.

Some believe that GWB became President not through the election, but 
through a court decision.  Both times.

This time around, there's a possibility that the candidate selected for 
the democratic party will be selected by the "superdelegates" in the DNC, 
rather than by the popular vote or the votes of the normal delgates.  It 
*could* happen that the candidate with a minority of the popular vote in 
the primaries (and a minority of the states' delegates) could be the 
democratic candidate.

And that person could well become the next POTUS.

Jim

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