The goreacle probably wants it to be retroactive.
Does Al Gore realize that if the electoral college wasn’t in effect in 2000, he might have lost anyway? Bush would have devoted a lot of resources toward getting every last voter out in Texas and other states that he had in the bag.
It’s possible Obama might lose the popular vote and win the electoral college this year. Some polls are suggesting that’s the case. If that does happen, Obama would have won fair and square.