@Finn dAbuzz,
You're not saying anything Finn. You're just asserting that I'm uninformed about the process. Which is a relative thing.
I have read The United States--The History of a Republic by Hofstadter, Miller and Aaron, The American Federal Government by Max Beloff, The American Political Tradition by Hofstadter and his anti-intellectualism book, The Saga of American Society by Dixon Wecter, Carl van Doren's The Great Rehearsal, and a great deal else. Veblen's main works. Most of Mailer. I've read Nixon's Six Crisis. Kissinger's White House Years.
So much in fact that it would take too long to list. I was a Reader's Digest subscriber at 14. I've read Galbraith. Plus loads of fiction of one sort or another.
Quincey Adams was elected by the House. All I said was that in the event of a muddle, which is unlikely with only two serious candidates , the result would be, or could be, decided in Congress. The USSC only decided the result in Florida.
Your political scene is also pretty well covered on the type of programmes on TV that I watch. I have been through the betting odds for every state and for the EC result. I predicted an Obama win 9 months ago on one of the threads.
I watch CBS and Fox News every night.
That was funny last night when Scott Pelley fronted the news in a bright yellow survival jacket. I dare say that he was in the 1% most safe Americans at the time. Possibly 0.1%. One had to wonder if all his back up staff were similarly attired. What with Bill O'Reilly's "No spin zone" and him looking out for you all and Pelley's frightening seriousness I assume the broadcasters think you are are yikkle kiddiewinks.
I only said that there is always Congress. Why that should prompt your indignation I can't imagine.
