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The "Electoral College" was the fault that got us into this mess, an antiquated law (much like most of the left over British Commonwealth junk in Asian law) that should have been discarded after losing it's relevance. We are dangerously close to being caught up in the same old game of choosing a candidate because he looks good, and his wife is supportive and submissive. The most impressive thing I have witnessed in this good old boy(?) race is Judy Dean stating that she has a life and a career. This says to me that she does not wish to take on the role of surrogate mother to a country of thumb sucking dependents. As for Cherie Blair, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, their right of opinion is theirs. For a little fictional paradigm shift for those of us that vote, let's say the prez's wife will be the Vice President, now who would you cast your ballet for? Sorry, but you Brits felt the same way about our forefathers, we mixed it up in America, no real blue blood left. That at the present time is not our main issue, only a smokescreen to divert from the real issues of having our Constitution and basic rights upended.
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The "Electoral College" was the fault that got us into this mess, an antiquated law

No it isn't antiquated. And just what make you think Algore's votes totals in inner city precincts where turnout was well over 100% in states like Pennsylvania and Michigan were legitimate? Without the Electoral College, all the DemocRATS have to do is crank up election fraud especially in their strongholds where there is very little or no oversight by Republicans.

The president is not an elected dictator. Without the Electoral College, the large population centers that coincidentally have the larges amount of voter fraud would be able to monopolize power in the US. A presidential candidate in the general election has little incentive to make appeals to the fringes of the political spectrum, because you don't get more electoral votes by running up a huge margin of victory in a state. The Electoral College forces candidates to seek support from most or all areas of the country rather than concentrate on candidates' stongholds.