Except he's pretty much wrong on all points. The "radical change" argument might be right, but so what? So was eradicating the 3/5ths clause. No one has yet made a case why republican votes in New York effectively do not count nationally, ditto texas democratic votes. The argument about the founders understanding that direct democracy leads to chaos is a clever little red herring. What serious conversation about the EC has called for abolition and not reform of it? So while mounting an argument about something no one ever said might work in the Columbus Dispatch, it ought not to have any effect in a discussion of trying to make American politics better and more fair. I wonder what the argument would have been had Kerry carried Ohio but lost by 3 milli9on votes nationally. It would be very interesting to see who would be writing anti-EC articles then. I have no idea why some form of reform wo0uld be a bad thing. I have no idea why finding a way to make the EC somewhat more democratic and somewhat more republican, both not capitalized, is such apostasy among conservatives. I have a pretty good idea why it is unpopular among Republicans. dc
For someone who is obsessed with credentials, you should probably check out the credentials of the author before you criticize his writing for being good enough for the Columbus Dispatch, as if that were a bad thing.
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Except he's pretty much wrong on all points. The "radical change" argument might be right, but so what? So was eradicating the 3/5ths clause. No one has yet made a case why republican votes in New York effectively do not count nationally, ditto texas democratic votes. The argument about the founders understanding that direct democracy leads to chaos is a clever little red herring. What serious conversation about the EC has called for abolition and not reform of it? So while mounting an argument about something no one ever said might work in the Columbus Dispatch, it ought not to have any effect in a discussion of trying to make American politics better and more fair. I wonder what the argument would have been had Kerry carried Ohio but lost by 3 milli9on votes nationally. It would be very interesting to see who would be writing anti-EC articles then. I have no idea why some form of reform wo0uld be a bad thing. I have no idea why finding a way to make the EC somewhat more democratic and somewhat more republican, both not capitalized, is such apostasy among conservatives. I have a pretty good idea why it is unpopular among Republicans.
dc
For someone who is obsessed with credentials, you should probably check out the credentials of the author before you criticize his writing for being good enough for the Columbus Dispatch, as if that were a bad thing.
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