[Michael.SF.]

I listened to this today and it was also the first time I listened to the much touted Tucker Carlson.

I was not impressed.

Carlson showed a stunning lack of awareness of how the Electoral College is designed to function. He also seemed to be favoring true democracy over a representative republic.

[DoughtyOne]

What does this air-head think people vote for?

His attitude seems to be that the voter means nothing. So why does he think we go to all the trouble to vote?

Just for fun...?

[Davy Crocket]

Well Tucker ought to realize that We have as you stated a Representative Republic... Democracy when tried never works..

[DesertRhino]

Not so much. He was simply making the point, making this arrogant ass explain himself. Basically he asked 10 different ways why we bother to vote at all if the 535 feel zero obligation to follow election results.

[Robwin]

I listened to this today and it was also the first time I listened to the much touted Tucker Carlson. I was not impressed.

It was not Tucker's finest moment as he did misrepresent the duties of an elector. I would have preferred he ask why this particular elector did not do the honorable thing and resign. After all, the state he supposedly represents gave Trump 59% of its vote, and Hilliary only 43%.

If he cannot in good conscience vote for Trump then the decent thing to do would be to resign instead of placing his will above that of his fellow Texans.

[cynwoody]

Carlson showed a stunning lack of awareness of how the Electoral College is designed to function.

Nope. Carlson simply expects the Electoral College to work as normal people expect it to work. And he was trying to tease out an explanation from his scoundrel guest as to why it should work some other way. Voters in a state elect a slate of electors who are expected to vote for the voters' candidate! That's how it is supposed to work. Faithless electors are a recipe for violence and revolution.

We should amend the Constitution to eliminate the electors. The vote should be by congressional district. One electoral vote per CD carried, plus two extra for carrying the majority of a state's CDs, or, in the event of a tie in CDs, the state's popular vote.

He also seemed to be favoring true democracy over a representative republic.

That's a moronic statement.

[broken_arrow1]

You didn’t see the sarcasm in Tuckers dialog? He was prodding this moron the whole time!

[GOPJ]

Change the system to ONE VOTE PER STATE.

And basketball? The team that takes the most ‘steps’ should win... not the one that puts the most balls in a hoop.