Suderman previews post-election politics:
[E]ven if the candidate who wins the popular vote also wins enough electors to take the White House, it’s going to be very, very close unless something unexpected happens. Indeed, it may be so close that the actual outcome of the election is decided by Ohio college football teams. Which means that the next president isn’t going to be able to easily claim to have a mandate, a clear stamp of public approval on his policy agenda. Instead, he’ll have eked out a huge victory on a tiny margin, with roughly half the public having voted for his opponent, and, judging by most reports, his own supporters more relieved that the other guy didn’t win than thrilled about their candidate taking the prize. For now, in other words, it’s a political horse race. But pretty soon it’s going to be a governing complication.
The Dish 