Obviously, Shales knows absolutely nothing about the whys our forefathers gave us the Electoral College.
Had Bush won the National Popular vote in 2000, but still had the close call in Florida in favor of Gore, I imagine the left would be singing praises for the Electoral College.
Shales is just one more piece of evidence at how the left is manipulating the public for the leftist takeover and enslavement of our people.
I learned that several states do not report (and may not even count) overseas votes unless the primary election is close.
In any case, the national vote is not certified until in December, far after this media driven drumbeat had started.
I have to laugh whenever the Dems talk about their views on voting. in 2000, the mantra was "Let Every Vote Count", but now in 2008, in their OWN PRIMARIES, what we hear is anything but. The Democrats have their own equivalent of the Electoral College in their "Super Delegates" who have been universally acknowledged as being the deciding factors in this primary.
As a confirming flip of the finger to their pretensions, consider the Democrat Texas Primary which Hillary (HRC) won by 100k votes and 3% over Barrak (BHO) [I'm being consistant on my identifiers, unlike MSM]. Texas gets 228 delegates to Denver of which 35 are 'Super' and as such uncommitted by the primary vote. Therefore it would appear by letting "Every Vote Count", HRC should get 51.5% (99) of the 193 committed delegates, right? Well, according to the "Real Cear Politics" delegate counts, it is BHO that has 99 and HRC has 94. If you read the Wikipedia entry cited above, you will see a scheme that makes the US Electoral College look simple.
So Shales and all of the rest of these simple-minded deniers of history can take their prejudices and go sit with the 9/11 truthers. A pox on thier heads and my plaintive cry from the heart, why have we let the libs get control of the MSM???