Nov 3rd, 2008 · It's hard to imagine a scenario in which Barack Obama doesn't win the White House. By our count, every state John Kerry carried four years ago is in the Obama column today, and he is also ahead in several states that President Bush won. In addition, expect the Democrats to pick up seven seats in the Senate and 17 in the House.
Oct 29th, 2008 · Election Law experts last week worked on a mock Supreme Court case involving a contested presidential election: McCain versus Obama. The scenario: There's a severe Election Day snowstorm in Denver. The Democratic election director extends voting an extra two hours. The Republican secretary of state says that violates state law. The outcome of the presidential race rests on whether votes cast during the extended hours are counted. Tuesday, the bipartisan panel in the moot court case ruled unanimously for Obama.
Oct 21st, 2008 · Some legal experts were wondering: what happens if the presidential election is contested and ends up before the Supreme Court again? Several academics and legal experts held a moot court hearing Monday to explore some of the issues that might be raised, and how they might be resolved in a less contentious way than they were in 2000.
Aug 14th, 2008 · When movies went nuclear they took us through every genre, every apocalypse and every nightmare scenario that made us duck and cover. Continuing of our summer movies series, we look at nuke flicks.
May 30th, 2008 · The Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee will meet this weekend to decide the fate of delegates from Florida and Michigan. NPR's Nancy Cook looks at the possible scenarios.
May 29th, 2008 · The Democratic Rules Committee meets Saturday to come up with a way to satisfy the Michigan and Florida delegations. Madeleine Brand talks with Political Editor Ken Rudin about possible scenarios for seating their delegates.
May 22nd, 2008 · The U.S. Geological Survey is playing out an earthquake scenario today in California. Alex Chadwick talks with Lucy Jones, the chief scientist of the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project for Southern California.
May 15th, 2008 · The U.S. military command in charge of North America recently wrapped up its annual national-level emergency training exercise. Chemical weapons attacks, hijacked planes and an approaching hurricane are all part of the scenario.