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Before this weekend, the last time Penn captain Henry Chen and the Quakers won an Ivy League contest was on Sept. 13, 1997. Chen was a freshman defender making his collegiate debut, and he could not have imagined a more perfect scenario than shutting out Harvard...
...Assuming Gore can break the tie, he could vote for Lieberman? A: Sure. That sets up this scenario: Lieberman would become president and then appoint Gore vice president, subject to congressional confirmation...
Okay, so the drifting off part is highly unlikely. But it's perfectly conceivable that we could face a politically analogous scenario if Florida's electors aren't selected by the middle of next month. On December 18, the nation's electors gather to cast their ostensibly preordained votes for president. And if Florida's electors remain captives of extended legal maneuverings or the 49th recount, the other 513 electors would probably just have to vote on their own. And although Al Gore currently leads in the electoral count, since only about half of those electors are legally required...
...hand, New York's new junior U.S. Senator would probably love nothing more than to assume the mantle of Washington's most prominent Democrat. But that scenario, of course, requires Al Gore to lose the presidential election. If Gore prevails in the Florida cliffhanger, the Democratic cause will be better served in Washington, but Clinton herself will be pushed back down the ladder of power...
Network anchors responsible for communicating the news were often left unable to muster commentary. This was a scenario they had not planned for, 40 years after John F. Kennedy '40 famously squeaked out a victory over Richard M. Nixon by winning Illinois by a margin of less than 9000 votes...