I've blogged this same issue on another site but felt it was worthwhile to have the KOSarians consider it.
We've all been paranoid that the Diebold and the Repubs are going to hack the vote so they can hold onto the Senate and the House. Perhaps, but consider this.
Given that the Repubs are so far behind in so many races any attempt to "modify" the outcome of the election for them to hold onto the House and/or Senate will certainly result in a national cry of "FOUL!" subjecting each and every race to scrutiny that will reveal them for the vote rigging fascists they really are.
However what if Diebold and the Repubs hack the vote to favor Democrats resulting in Democrats winning seats where a Republicans were heavily favored??
What would the likely results of this be?
There would be some rationale to allowing incumbents to retain there seats until the issue was straightened out. This would, of course, favor the Repubs who currently hold both houses of congress. Straightening out the issue would likely take months, perhaps even a year thereby allowing Bush to push his insane agenda even further.
Republicans and the talking heads in the MSM would be beating up the Democratic party accusing it of (ironically) hypocrisy and cheating. Another benefit, it would almost certainly take the focus off the fiasco in Iraq which has proven to be the downfall of Bush and his lemming minions.
It would create a constitutional crisis of uprecedented proportions that could very well result in serious public unrest and perhaps allow Bush to do what he's been dying to do all along i.e. call out the troops.
Paranoid? Perhaps. Out of the question? No.
I don't put ANYTHING past these guys. They have shown that they view the United States Constitution as nothing but an obstacle to complete power. What could facilitate their goals more than a grossly flawed election where it appears the Democrats threw the election?