{"id":30896,"date":"2012-10-25T19:33:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T01:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/25\/election-2012-worst-case-scenarios.html"},"modified":"2012-11-01T09:19:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:19:07","slug":"election-2012-worst-case-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/25\/election-2012-worst-case-scenarios.html","title":{"rendered":"Election 2012: Worst Case Scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I expect that regardless of what happens two Tuesdays from now, there&#39;s going to be recounting and court-based messes. But here&#39;s how things could be worse. Much, much worse.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/static\/mt\/assets\/garrett_epps\/zombieelectionthumb.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/12\/10\/zombie-election-5-ways-the-2012-race-could-stagger-on-for-months\/263955\/'>Zombie Election: 5 Ways the 2012 Race Could Stagger On for Months<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere are two weeks left until the vote &#8212; but who says things will end with the vote?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/3soR1MSohvj' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I expect that regardless of what happens two Tuesdays from now, there&#39;s going to be recounting and court-based messes. But here&#39;s how things could be worse. Much, much worse. Embedded Link Zombie Election: 5 Ways the 2012 Race Could Stagger On for Months There are two weeks left until the vote &#8212; but who says &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/25\/election-2012-worst-case-scenarios.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Election 2012: Worst Case Scenarios&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12139,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/07\/candidates_we_can_all_get.html","url_meta":{"origin":30896,"position":0},"title":"Candidates we can all get behind","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Nov-07 10:53am","format":false,"excerpt":"Proudly wear (display, drink from, etc.) your allegiance to the preeminent ticket for the upcoming election:\u00a0 Londo\/G'Kar in '08 (\"How Much Worse Could It Be?\").\u00a0 Or, if you prefer, G'Kar\/Londo...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Babylon 5&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Babylon 5","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/media-tv-babylon-5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30460,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/03\/because-this-is-so-totally-unlike-acorn-because-its-worse.html","url_meta":{"origin":30896,"position":1},"title":"Because this is so totally unlike ACORN. Because it&#39;s worse","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 3-Oct-12 6:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"On the face of it, the voter registration fraud scandal by Nathan Sproul's\u00a0Strategic Allied Consulting, is not unlike some of the things that ACORN was accused of back in 2008 -- voter registration personnel turning in fraudulent registration forms.In some ways, though, it's a lot worse.It's worse because this firm\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129784,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/09\/reality-check-2016-election-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":30896,"position":2},"title":"Reality Check (2016 Election Edition)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 9-Feb-16 10:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, the media was \u00fcber-hyping the Iowa caucuses. First actual votingish thing in the nation for this election!Following that event, all eyes were on New Hampshire. First actual primary in the nation!The problem is ... neither Iowa nor New Hampshire are particularly representative of the Democrats, Republicans, or general electorate.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sabato-25B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":131184,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/02\/trumps-polling-sag-is-good-news-but-nothing-to-party-over-yet.html","url_meta":{"origin":30896,"position":3},"title":"Trump&#039;s polling sag is good news, but nothing to party over yet","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 2-Aug-16 9:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"There are three months between now and the election, and any number of things could send the polls veering wildly, especially this year. And that even assumes that this year's election cycle and populism \/ demagoguery is being accurately measured by the polls.It isn't over until it's over. Cautions about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21524,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/09\/unblogged-bits-sat-9-jul-11-2330.html","url_meta":{"origin":30896,"position":4},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Sat.  9-Jul-11 2330)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 9-Jul-11 11:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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