Fundamentally, you're right. Either side is fully capable of dirty tricks. No matter how the election turns out, there will be allegations of dirty trickery from supporters of the losing side.
From the position of the police departments, it's a very difficult situation. They have to prepare for any reasonable contingency, and it's not absurd to suggest that some kind of civil unrest might occur in the event of an Obama loss. But they also don't want to appear to be acting like the tools of any particular party. Even Baltimore, with a black woman as mayor and a solidly Democratic city council, is preparing for the contingency.
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Date: 2008-10-22 03:52 pm (UTC)From the position of the police departments, it's a very difficult situation. They have to prepare for any reasonable contingency, and it's not absurd to suggest that some kind of civil unrest might occur in the event of an Obama loss. But they also don't want to appear to be acting like the tools of any particular party. Even Baltimore, with a black woman as mayor and a solidly Democratic city council, is preparing for the contingency.