Reply #8: This is what I understand: [View All]

[Goldmund]

A consitutional amendment mandates that the new administration takes power on Jan. 20th next year, and that elections are held sometime before then. The only thing that mandates elections be held on the first Tuesday of November is a 19th-century law, and that is much easier to change than a constitutional amendment -- but constitutionally elections must be held before Jan 20th 2005.

Your friend is right as long as we assume that this crowd will work within the bounds of the constitution. I'm not so sure.