NewsMax on possibility of electoral college tie vote

See my entry from last Sunday, October 24, 2004 - Election close. What if there's a tie?

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story
Carl Limbacher should know better than to ask whether Edwards could vote for himself. Edwards will be an ex-senator when the congress meets to count the electoral college votes. Kerry, on the other hand, will still be a member and could participate in senate voting for a new VP. Even if Kerry is the winner of the presidential race he cannot resign his senate seat if the Dems need his vote to control organizing the new senate.

If you want a real nightmare scenario, consider that the House selects Bush as president (a no brainer), and the senate meets to select a new VP with the senate 50 Dems, 49 GOP and Jeffords. This is a bit unlikely since the GOP has good chances to pick up seats in GA and the Carolinas and maybe LA, while the Daschle-Thune race remains very close. But the Dems might steal enough votes in PA to take out Arlen Specter, and there may be other surprises (historically the senate is more volatile than the house). The Dems could then make Edwards VP and we would then, for the only time since 1797-1801, have a president and veep representing different parties.