[Huck]

...The system is a relic of the early days of the republic when electors were supposed to be independent agents exercising their judgment in choosing a presidential candidate from a list of several contenders.

INCORRECT! It's a relic of a time when states were actually their own little republics, or commonwealths. A time when the Union was a Union of free, independent states. A time when the Fed gubmint was thought to only be responsible for those collective tasks enumerated in the Constitution that required a united purpose. In short, it's from a time when the Constitution meant something.

[Obadiah]

Oh, you mean like it was before FDR?