In the aftermath, every mother in America is on notice that such a nightmare - or something far worse - could be inflicted on us here.

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Eight years ago, the election was mired in the Florida recount, the results of which are still disputed (by at least half the country.) Could we be heading for something far worse?

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Blind versus deaf that was a no-brainer, no brain being perhaps the one wound in her personal calculus that could not be traded in for something worse.

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Yet if Mr Immelt is tempted to do something dramatic to save his skin, it could hardly be at a worse time.

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