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The 269 Scenario

Matt Welch | 11.2.2004 11:41 PM

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I'm no Tim Russert, but we just sketched out some scenarios and likelys & whatnot, and basically if Bush takes Ohio, but loses Iowa, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Nevada, it'll be a 269-269 tie. Depending (I think!) on what the West Virginia rebel does.

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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