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To: Walter Scott Hudson

Every vote does count. Each state lets its voter determine how the state will cast its delegates in the national election. The separate sovereign states are the foundation of our Republic but the liberals can’t handle that. They want totalitarian central control.

The 10th Amendment has been raped for so long, most people are currently clueless as to what Federalism is and how it was meant to work.

Beyond that, I don’t believe this article for one minute. It is the liberals who are demanding an end to the electoral college, not conservatives.


23 posted on 06/24/2011 8:26:39 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (SP12: Sarah, they called Reagan "unelectable", too.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Every vote does count. Each state lets its voter determine how the state will cast its delegates in the national election...

The 10th Amendment has been raped for so long, most people are currently clueless as to what Federalism is and how it was meant to work.

It's a mistake to assume that, because someone disagrees with you, they don't understand the issue. The NPV compact is an exercise in federalism, it is a use of the very power to allocate Electors that you cite.

Beyond that, I don’t believe this article for one minute. It is the liberals who are demanding an end to the electoral college, not conservatives.

You're right that conservatives don't want to end the Electoral College. Those who support the NPV compact do so in part because it DOES NOT end the Electoral College. This is a non-partisan effort supported by both liberals and conservatives, albeit for very different reasons. Surely you recognize that people often agree on policy for different reasons under different motivations. The liberals see an effort to affect democracy. Conservatives don't care about that. They see an effort to utilize the constitutional Electoral College system in a manner which benefits their state. That's an inherently republican (small-r) motivation.

84 posted on 06/24/2011 11:16:40 PM PDT by Walter Scott Hudson (fightinwords.us)
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