[ExI] libertarian might win for a change

[spike]

Don't take this too seriously, but a glimmer of hope has emerged for the
first time ever, that the libertarians might win the Whitehouse.  No, I
don't mean Gary Johnson might win: it is looking like one of those other two
fellers will win, either Romney or Obama.  But I just did the math and found
something cool.  

 

The tossup states are now New Hampshire, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado and
Nevada.  In the even that Mr. Obama takes NH, OH and WI, and Mr. Romney
takes IA, CO and NV, then the final score in electoral votes turns out to be
a tie, 269 each.  If that happens, the tiebreak for president goes to the
house of representatives, which is controlled by Mr. Romney's party by a
healthy margin.  The vice president is decided by the senate, which is
controlled by Mr. Obama's party, so they will likely elect Joe Biden.  So if
the above combination plays out, the US would split parties in the
Whitehouse.

 

The president has authority over what jobs the VP is assigned.  Mr. Romney
would likely assign Mr. Biden to go into his office and stay there for the
next four years, just as Bush Senior did with his VP Dan Quayle.  On the
other hand, Mr. Biden, who has presidential aspirations, is then free to
make any criticism, say whatever he wants about the president, utterly
without negative consequences, since the president cannot fire him.  We then
face a rather unique election in 2016 where a sitting president is running
against a sitting vice president.

 

In any case, should all this happen, the president and vice president
criticizing each other weakens the office of both, the power of the
executive branch is diminished and the libertarians get what libertarians
really want: not to be elected, but rather to decrease the concentration of
power.

 

spike

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