our president, Barack Obama...

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by finnbow

While the electoral college is certainly an anachronism, I think it's mostly harmless in that the votes are apportioned by population.

The US Senate is far more problematic, IMHO. Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Delaware and Alaska all have significantly less than 1 million residents. Yet they all get 2 Senators just like New York, California and Texas who each have over 20 million residents (CA has over 35 million). DC has more people than Wyoming and gets zero.

Put that in your hookah and smoke it.

Repeal the 17th Amendment and let the Senate represent the States instead of the people as was intended in the first place.


"Originally, each Senator was elected by his state's legislature to represent that state in the Senate.[1] This was intended to protect each state's power within the federation established by the Constitution by having its own direct representation in the Congress. While an unqualified candidate might win a popular-vote majority through demagoguery or superficial qualities, the legislature, which could deliberate on its choice, and whose members had been selected by their constituents and had experience in politics, were thought safe from such folly. Finally, election by the legislature was expected to insulate Senators from the distraction of public campaigning for election or re-election, leaving them free to concentrate on the great business of the federal government. This last purpose was also served by the six-year term for Senators, compared to the two-year term for U.S. Representatives."


From Wikipedia.

[piece-itpete]

The United States, not the United State

Our system of government has been incredibly successful. Tinker at your peril.

'your' being plural, of course.

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The United States, not the United State

Our system of government has been incredibly successful. Tinker at your peril.

'your' being plural, of course.

Pete

Yeh, it's working just swimmingly now. Jeez.

[piece-itpete]

Americans are spoiled.

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Americans are spoiled.

Pete

You can say that again. Even the folks who lost the last Presidential election believe that the winner should implement their agenda.

[piece-itpete]

Sounds vaguely familiar.....



Pete

[Charles]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Americans are spoiled.

Pete

I want my MTV.

Chas

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by finnbow

You can say that again. Even the folks who lost the last Presidential election believe that the winner should implement their agenda.

A lot on the left would like the winner to implement the agenda he campaigned upon.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The United States, not the United State

Our system of government has been incredibly successful. Tinker at your peril.

'your' being plural, of course.

Pete

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Americans are spoiled.

Pete

I thought you hate the government?

What kind of Ohio boy doesn't know that "Yins" is the plural form of "you" or "your"? (Pete must be one of them city slickers...........)

Dave

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Capitalism? Are you saying that there's any business LEFT in the rust belt?

Rob, you do away with the electoral college, the major population centers would run the country.

Pete

Horsefeathers. EC votes are allocated by population, it is the methods of awarding them that is screwed-up.