Wow, my respect for him just dropped by a big margin. The Electoral College ensures representation of the entire country, not just the election being controlled by a couple of high population centers.
Push through a capital offense charge for those caught stuffing ballots and I might be able to listen to the argument FOR this change.
As it stands, the media doesn’t care when some districts have over 100% of registered voters turning in ballots.
Ditto. I very much wanted Thompson to be President, and even with this bone-headed position he'd be one of the best ever, but THIS is a big mistake. It effectively disenfranchises small, sparsely-populated states (and, full disclosure, I'm from Texas, so this doesn't apply directly to me).
EVERY time we mess with the basic structure of the Constitution, we screw things up even worse. The last HUGE mistake was direct election of the Senate, disenfranchising the states themselves. We can thank this move for unfunded mandates, at the very least, something that has and will continue to terribly burden the states.
Fred, back off of this. Everyone likes a politician humble enough to admit a mistake, or that they got snookered by some fast-talking advocate of a particular issue. NOW is the time to do so, before any permanent damage is done.