In all the twisted theorized scenarios flying around, here's one I haven't seen yet:

Gore, through recount, revote, or other means, gets the Presidential vote. The Senate race in Washington goes to the Democrat. Now the Gore camp has a problem: If Lieberman is to be vice president, he has to abdicate his spot in the senate, and the Republican governor in his state selects a Republican to replace him, shifting the balance of the Senate back to 51 Republican, 49 Democrat.

Unless Lieberman voluntarily leaves the ticket, and the Electoral Voters are instructed to vote for a new Vice President. There's already been speculation on who Gore might choose for the role, but how about Bill Clinton? The 22nd Amendment states that a person can't be elected to the role of President more than twice, or more than once after serving two years or more as President (in the case of rising to the presedency from a lower office), but it doesn't outlaw a person from becoming VP, or even President, should he rise to that role by a means other than a federal election.

In this scenario Al and Bill would still run the White House, and the Democrats would hold a majority in the Senate, with Bill presiding and holding the tiebreaking vote on the floor.

I'm not advocating this position, I'm just bringing it up to bring to light yet another way this election could twist things away from what anyone had ever conceived.

One interesting endnote is that this wouldn't be without risk. It would only take a handful of Electors to decide that their constituents didn't vote for Gore/Clinton, and they still vote for Gore/Lieberman or Gore/??? instead. In the electoral college, the Presidential and Vice Presidential races are seperate, so while gore would win there, Clinton/Lieberman/??? might not pick up the majority. If Cheney didn't pick up 270 or more votes, which he wouldn't unless several Democratic Electors flipped and voted him for VP, then the Lame Duck Congress would vote, amongst the top two contenders, who would be VP. As it would be a Republican led congress doing the voting, it's probable that the final outcome would be Gore as President, and Cheney as the Vice President.