[Robert Schunk]

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

This basically. You'll be on your deathbed still griping about this won't you, Bytor? Kinda sad to see tbh.

Tell you what, I'll do a bet with you. I bet you $50 and a packet of Doritos that absolutely NOTHING will come of this. Deal?

Here's a piece by Graham Allison, who served under Clinton as an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy and Plans from 1993 to 1994.

Donald Trump's Stealthy Road to Victory

This piece includes the following:

A Contested Election Structurally Favors Republicans in 2020.

I project a 20% chance of a contested election outcome leading to a victory for President Trump.

Whereas consensus sees contestation via Constitutional means as a far, remote possibility, a scenario invoking the 12th amendment is an easier path for Republicans to pursue than currently recognized.

Trump has consistently during his reelection campaign questioned the legitimacy of mail-in ballots, claiming the election will be “rigged” and “the most corrupt election in the history of our country.” This is most likely part of a strategy to set the stage for a contested outcome.

- On Nov. 1 in North Carolina, President Trump decried recent Supreme Court rulings allowing states such as Pennsylvania to continue counting ballots after election day, stating, “We’re going to go in the night of, as soon as that election’s over, we’re going in with our lawyers.”

Most significant, President Trump has clearly discussed and been briefed on a strategy to contest the election via Constitutional means, saying at a Sept. 26 rally in—where else—Pennsylvania: “And I don’t want to end up in the Supreme Court and I don’t want to go back to Congress either, even though we have an advantage if we go back to Congress — does everyone understand that? I think it’s 26 to 22 or something because it’s counted one vote per state, so we actually have an advantage. Oh, they’re going to be thrilled to hear that.”

Politico reports, “In private, Trump has discussed the possibility of the presidential race being thrown into the House as well, raising the issue with GOP lawmakers, according to Republican sources.”

Trump is correct: Republicans currently have 26-state delegation majority to Democrats’ 22 state delegations in a scenario in which the election is decided by a House of Representatives vote on the presidency according to state delegations.