Electoral College Hijinks: NOT GONNA HAPPEN

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The only conceivable way that electoral college hijinks could prevent a Trump Presidency (however brief it turns out to be), from happening is if Texas electors come to believe that there is a conspiracy among Florida electors in cahoots with Republican electors from several other states to vote for Jeb Bush, and in retaliation, the Texas electors defect in significant numbers for Rick Perry. And simultaneously, perhaps, some Utah electors defect for Evan McMullin. So... if enough paranoid Texans defect for Perry, and enough paranoid Floridians defect for Bush, the combined efforts would then send the top three vote getters to CONGRESS. So, there would be Trump with 269 or fewer electoral college votes, Clinton with 232 and either Bush or Perry with who knows... 20 or so?

Whichever Republican can ring enough phones in the next week to get 20 electors to defect has a decent shot at the White House, for real. Is there any chance that the Republicans would go for this? Any? NONE WHATSOEVER. It is pure folly. It's freakin' Monkeyshines! They would go from having a President who lost the popular vote by 2,700,000 votes (and counting) to having a Usurper who was put in place by Congress. EVEN CONGRESS WOULD NOT WANT THIS. And there is a good chance that if it went to Congress, Congress would install Trump ANYWAY. This Electoral College Hijinks Nonsense is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

Hope I'm wrong!