It’s Not Over Till The Recounts And Party Switches - (AP Weirdness)

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WASHINGTON - It’s Nov. 8, the day after the election. The costliest and nastiest campaign for control of the House in history is .... not yet over.

Instead, in this hypothetical case, both parties are short of the 218 seats needed to guarantee control. The outcome will be decided by run-off elections in Louisiana and Texas, recounts in a half-dozen races that are too close to call and perhaps a party switch or two. Unprecedented? Yes.

Impossible? Absolutely not, given an era of polarization that has produced a presidential election so close the Supreme Court had to settle it, and a 50-50 tie in the Senate.

“It means that all of your focus and energy will be on trying to get to 218 in two ways,” said Steve Elmendorf, who was chief of staff to Dick Gephardt, the former Democratic leader. “One, in recounts and trying to make sure you’re throwing every legal strategy and lawyer you can find into try and win the recounts.

“Secondly, you’re going to be looking for every potential person on the other side who can switch.” “I have no one in particular in mind,” said Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., asked about Democrats who might be approached to become a Republican. He said he doubted any of his rank-and-file would defect.

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Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15003338/

Um... Heads-Up Folks, LOL!!!

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[WillyT]

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