Even today, I remember — with a dull shiver skipping down my spine — the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election. The persistent questions about who really won. The nagging uncertainty about the integrity of our electoral system. The recounts. The protests. The finger-pointing.
If Nate Silver’s predictive models are right, get ready for a much more contentious and disconcerting scenario in 2008.
As if the country’s potential economic collapse weren’t enough to keep us awake at night …