During an important presidential election between the slick Harman and the less polished Ferris, scientists detect eyes that are watching Harman from the future, perhaps because he is fated to be such an important political figure.
The people have this hint of the winning side, as they might from newspaper predictions or opinion polls—but the choice remains theirs, a decisions which we politicians humbly accept. 

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  1. “The Final Days” by David Langford, in A Spadeful of Spacetime (Ace Books, February 1981).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by David Langford