If it went to the House, doesn't it become "one state, one vote" and Bush would probably win because he'd win more states?
All this stuff just makes me admire more the wisdom of the founding fathers. Could you imagine the chaos of a national recount in a pure democracy?
Yes, and there's pretty much no doubt that Bush would win more states in the House. However, in order to elect the President after an Electoral College deadlock, you have to have a
majority of the states (i.e., 26+ states) vote to elect. In other words, even if the GOP won the vote by, say, 25-21 (as in my scenario above) it would still not be enough.
There are also quorum rules that might theoretically become an issue.