[pissant]

Smart move by these smart states.

[atomicpossum]

if this were to become the law, our presidential elections would be controlled by the vote in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston,"

And that's all you need to know.

[goldstategop]

> Its DOA. The libs can't win over the folks in Flyover Country.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[TheKidster]

Thank God.

[tcrlaf]

"They would decide who the president was, not the rest of us."

And THAT is exactly the point....

[cdcdawg]

Good. I would hate to be forced to fire on Fort Sumter again. /s/

[Princip. Conservative]

Glad to see it lost. It sounds like a thinly veiled attempt to win the presidency back through underhanded means.

[federal]

[b]"If you look at the population trends ... if this were to become the law, our presidential elections would be controlled by the vote in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston," said North Dakota state Rep. Lawrence Klemin, a Bismarck Republican. "They would decide who the president was, not the rest of us."[/b]

Trends? what do trends have to do with it those are exactly the reasons the Electorial College was established in the first place. The founding fathers knew what would happen if popular vote were the only factor.

[alrea]

Thursday's votes represented the first legislative setbacks this year for the National Popular Vote plan

ESPN is carefully pointing out how racist this is.

[OldFriend]

This is no time to let our guard down. If I recall, her heinous, even before she was sworn in as Senator said she would introduce a bill ending the electoral college.

BEWARE!

[Alissa]

North Dakota's House voted 60-31

I have to wonder about the sanity of the 31 North Dakotaians who thought this was a good idea.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Montana ping

[Nomorjer Kinov]

"If you look at the population trends ... if this were to become the law, our presidential elections would be controlled by the vote in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston,"

Exactly correct. The framers were truly men ahead of their time. They were certainly ahead of today's political class. Today's elected officials and judges could never contemplate the reasoned simplicity and fairness of the original Constitution.

[kittymyrib]

The welfare class would choose our presidents...exactly as in Venezuela where the "have-nots" put Chavez into power because he took millions from "the rich" and gave a pittance to the poor. That, of course, is the Dems campaign strategy in every US election as well.

[nitzy]

I'm sure I will get flamed but here goes.... The one good thing about ending the electoral college and also the reason none of you have to worry about it going away is the fact that it would open up the contest to third or fourth parties. I don't think many democrats nor Republicans would want to end their duopoly on the political process.

[Dixie Yooper]

Why would people from these places of big land and few people be so fascinated by the thought of New York and California making all the decisions about what happens with their land and homes?

[BuffaloJack]

The founding fathers knew what they were doing when they created the electoral college. I'm glad to see that the move to dump it failed. Evidently intelligence prevailed.

[savedbygrace]

IMO, if this were to actually happen, the USSC would strike it down because the Constitution guarantees to each State a republican form of government. Ceding the vote for presidential electors to other States is ceding that republican form of government.

IMNLO (In My Non-Lawyer Opinion.)

[NonValueAdded]

Surprised the margins weren't even wider. I hope those RATs hear about it in their next campaign. They could even do it as a parody of that Pace commercial. "Why were you willing to give over our state's influence to New York City?" "New York City!!!"

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thank Heavens! You know that The Beast has her fingerprints all over this one.