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To: GeronL
I certainly hope not.

Likewise and I'd also prefer that the 17th Amendment be repealed. We are a republic. The question is just how free from mob rule is our republic with the possibility of abolishing the electoral college?

16 posted on 04/14/2011 8:19:42 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: re_nortex
Likewise and I'd also prefer that the 17th Amendment be repealed.

I agree, the 17th Amendment allowed all power to flow to the elites in D.C.

It would be another nail in the coffin of our Republic if the Electoral College is bypassed. It would be a leftist dream come true. Fraud would become even more rampant. Heck, Chicago alone might have 100Million votes!

Our Founders were unique in world history. They gave us a Constitution that allowed Capitalism to flourish and propel our Republic to unheralded prosperity.

I believed the Electoral College was Madison's idea. Our Founders were geniuses without equal. Today our leaders are ....

54 posted on 04/14/2011 9:20:41 PM PDT by sand88
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