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...made a mistake. Better to blame something outside their control--the economy, changing tastes, even the weather--than take responsibility for a bad earnings report or missed sales forecast. But the truth is that corporate America has more than its fair share of management failures, setting aside cases of fraud or accounting shenanigans. In fact, despite the unique circumstances in different industries, companies tend to stumble for the same insidious reasons--reasons that often flow from the egoistic pursuit of scale or an unwillingness to face up to the changing market...
Exit polls not looking good? Ballot fraud running rampant...
...darkest vision, Nov. 2 will be a day of apocalypse, with battalions of volunteers, geeks, cops, feds and assorted party watchdogs guarding the polls; 20,000 lawyers riding into battle, brandishing suits challenging the results in half a dozen states; campaign war rooms spitting out charges of fraud and intimidation; and branches of government built to balance and cool one another instead starting to melt. The fact that the last presidential election was decided by the Supreme Court paved the way for more legal challenges, if not mischief, this time around. And Congress's effort to fix all the problems...
...democracy at its best, a million acts of persistence and persuasion, the underground war is democracy at its worst, designed not to express the will of the people but to subvert it. In one battleground state after another, accusations of dirty tricks are growing daily. Republicans focus on voter fraud and charge Democrats with rounding up homeless felons and plying them with drink to get them to register and vote, early and often. Democrats cry intimidation and argue that G.O.P. officials are trying to disenfranchise voters who oppose them. Both sides have plenty of ammunition and more than enough lawyers...
...Ironically, the parties may see a big upside to all this squabbling. Accusing the other side of trying to steal the election through fraud or intimidation will probably encourage turnout on both sides, as voters mobilize to ensure the other side doesn?t ?steal? the election. But in this partisan atmosphere, when voters are swapping conspiracy theories daily about the other party?s dirty tricks, God help the country if this election is close. With all the potential for an election day breakdown, the eventual loser may simply refuse to accept the results...