[Dane]

And yet I can find nothing from the Framers stating that we should vote for someone based on their electability. Voting our consciences and that the candidate follows the Constitution is covered but voting for someone only if they can get elected?

Uh the Framer's built a winner take all system, and thus the two party electoral system, we have now.

They knew that you can't please all of the people all of the time.

Human nature and all that.

[billbears]

Uh the Framer's built a winner take all system, and thus the two party electoral system, we have now.

Uh, no they didn't. The very system is based on compromise and the branches working with each other. Granted their intent was that we would not be voting for President or Senators, which I have no problem with and would prefer. Human nature took us that path of a two party system, as evidenced by Washington's Farewell Address and the warnings found therein.