[Ghengis]

I agree with you 100%. But, from what I have read, this popular vote movement is quietly gaining momentum. And it is flying very low, under the radar.

Glenn Beck also covered it a bit yesterday on his TV show.

[TeenagedConservative]

That would be a disaster, and the installation of the system of tyranny known as "democracy" here in the US. The Founders, brilliant as they were, made sure that it was EXTREMELY hard to destroy the Electoral College. This was necessary because most people are quite frankly not smart enough or don't have the time to understand why the College is necessary to prevent dictators from taking power.

But once the working-class states, which by definition are the least populous, are thoroughly villified and mocked through the more populous areas of the nation, things will come precariously close to falling apart.