[i_robot73]

How about ‘who gives a frack’; let the Electoral College do it’s thing and the rest of us back those that understand what the flippin’ Constitution means and starve Fedzilla back to where it should have always been. Give some balls back to the 9th/10th, with the States taking back what was/is theirs.

I have never understood the focus on ONE person, when having the Congress in our corner could fix the courts and other shit that’s come out of D.C. over the past 100 years...

“Most powerful man”, “Bully pulpit”, blah blah blah. CiC and host, only. The rest people mistake for the exec. seat

[Dr. Sivana]

How about ‘who gives a frack’; let the Electoral College do it’s thing and the rest of us back those that understand what the flippin’ Constitution means and starve Fedzilla back to where it should have always been.

Well, if there were enough people in the Electoral COllege who gave a frack, I might agree with you. Eighty years ago, Hillaire Belloc observed that England had become a paper Monarchy with no Monarch, and that America had evolved into a Republic that has in effect, a functional, elected Monarch.

That said, under the U.S. Constitution, the President is the chief Executive with considerable powers given to him. Even going back to at least Jefferson, who was supposed to be a small government guy, the powers expanded past the original parameters, and we all know what SCOTUS has made of the 9th and 10th Amendments.

Some state is going to have to not take the government bribery (highway, education funds) in order to exert push back. The Libertarian Free State Project made a well-meaning formal attempt in New Hampshire, and it has pretty much meant bupkis. Even they couldn't resist the tempting candy of established cities nearby. The next attempt would have to take place in a state less likely to be invaded by coast dwellers who are fleeing their own litter-box. That would be places like Alaska, Wyoming, maybe Texas.