"The [electoral] system was erected by the men who founded the United States in 1789 because they did not trust average citizens."
So the average citizen in 2004 is to be trusted with his evaluation of how to vote? Want to see what that theory is worth on Skid Row in Chicago where you can buy a vote for a cheap bottle of booze, a night out with all expenses paid for welfare Moms, an open bar for the entire neighborhood at the pub on the corner, or a $50 downpayment on a "new"
car?
Boxer....get real!
Of course they trusted average citizens. They distrusted, and rightfully so, average politicians and their parties.