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The GOP's Genius Plan to Beat Obama in 2012
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| Contributor | John |
| Last Edited | John Sep 14, 2011 11:19am |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 14, 2011 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing a scheme that, if GOPers in other states follow their lead, could cause President Barack Obama to lose the 2012 election—not because of the vote count, but because of new rules. That's not all: there's no legal way for Democrats to stop them.
The problem for Obama, and the opportunity for Republicans, is the electoral college. Every political junkie knows that the presidential election isn't a truly national contest; it's a state-by-state fight, and each state is worth a number of electoral votes equal to the size of the state's congressional delegation. (The District of Columbia also gets three votes.) There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs; win 270, and you're the president.
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