Does anyone have any idea what the outcome would be if Hillary ran as an Indy and made it a three-way race between her, Obama and McCain?
In that case, Hillary and Obama split the DemocRAT vote, while McCain wins a plurality in popular vote, but a very large majority of the Electoral College. Unfortunately, the large number of voters turning out to vote for either Hillary or Obama would cause the DemocRATS to make significant gains in Congressional, Sentate, and state legislative races. Back in 2000 most of the Nader voters voted for DemocRATS down the ballot, and Republicans lost enough seats so the Senate was split 50/50 so Gore would have been the tie breaking vote to determine the Vice Presidency if the 2000 election had been handed to Congress.
In short, McCain would win the presidency, but DemocRATS would gain on Capitol Hill. McCain would be seriously tested on his touted ability to "work with DemocRATS". The MSM will tun on McCain in the first 100 days to try to set up a DemocRAT victory in 2012.