Dukakis calls for end to Electoral College

The Boston Herald ^ | July 8, 2008 | Dave Wedge

[Paradox]

Hey Michael, Do Cakis?

[SunkenCiv]

"Under the current system, running for president means just one thing: focus on the so-called swing states," he wrote. "I did it. Al Gore did it. John Kerry did it, and our Republican opponents did it, too. A big turnout in Massachusetts and many other states is irrelevant to winning the election. Only winning the swing states matters."

IOW, "campaigning in Massachusetts isn't necessary for Demwit candidates, and that's as it should be."

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24769

It happened in NJ with nary a blip on the radar

[Mr. Mojo]

“The overwhelming majority of the American people do [support getting rid of the electoral college], too.”

Got any respectable national poll results to back up that assertion, Mikey? Yeah, didn't think so.

[VR-21]

Is Dukakis jumping the gun, or has the political indoctrination wing of the Democrat party (the NEA) made us sufficiently stupid to see merit in such an idea?

[tx_eggman]

Mike Mondale?

Yeah, I grabbed the wrong map ... spell check can't prevent me from making an idiot out of myself.

[The Great RJ]

Imagine the chaos of an election when the popular vote difference is razor thin. Think of endless recounts, hanging chads, lawsuits etc. while the country is without a President. The Founding Fathers wanted to make the election of a President certain and created the Electoral College for that reason.

[CSM]

Democrats hate the Constitution.

[gridlock]

Right now, I only have to worry about my vote being cancelled by some dead guy in Newark or Camden. In a national popular vote, my vote could be cancelled by some dead guy in Chicago, as well!

[gridlock]

Right now, I only have to worry about my vote being cancelled by some dead guy in Newark or Camden. In a national popular vote, my vote could be cancelled by some dead guy in Chicago, as well!

[gridlock]

So, when there is a close election with a Republican winning the popular vote, we can count on the legislature and political powerbrokers in a die-hard liberal state, like Massachusetts, to go against the overwhelming will of their electorate and cast their votes for the Democrat.

Suuuuure you will.

Think about it for a minute. It would be a sure fire winner for them to abrogate any agreement between Election Day and the day of voting in the Electoral College. They would earn the everlasting gratitude of their voters, and there would be no political down-side at all. It's a no-brainer!

[wbill]

Said Dukakis: "IF ONLY we had a popular vote in 1988, I'd....I'd.....well, i'd still have lost by about 10 million votes, give or take. never mind....."

Thank God our founders had the good sense to make it so difficult to change the Constitution. A Constitutional Amendment to ditch the Electoral college, ain't likely to happen.

[Hacklehead]

Obama disagrees stating “Electricians are important to our ecomony, therefore I support them going to college”.

[MozarkDawg]

“Under the current system, running for president means just one thing: focus on the so-called swing states,” he wrote. “I did it. Al Gore did it. John Kerry did it, and our Republican opponents did it, too.”

Well that was Gore's problem right there, he ought to have spent some time focusing on HIS OWN HOME STATE, winning Tennessee would have made that whole Florida fiasco non-existent:

Electoral votes needed to win: 270

Bush votes: 271 - 11 = 260
Gore votes: 267 + 11 = 278

[definitelynotaliberal]

post 43 ping

And thanks for the other thing.

[raccoonradio]

yes those stickers showed someone laughing their butt off;
same ones used for stickers/note pads saying “You want it
WHEN???”

[MrB]

He DID win his “home state” - Washington DC.

[buccaneer81]

yes those stickers showed someone laughing their butt off; same ones used for stickers/note pads saying “You want it WHEN???”

Mine was right next to the other one fron Ed King's era. It was a thumbs down with the slogan, "BARELY Making It In Massachusetts."

[vpintheak]

COMUNISM, COMMUNISM! COMMUNISM!

[tom h]

"Dukakis calls for end to Electoral College"

I am still continually amazed that there are no more honorable Democrats anymore.

They will do anything to win electoral office. Even tear up underlying principles of our nation. If they could get away with it, and it would get them into the White House and hold onto the Congress, I can envision them advocating one-child policies in red states and permits to have children if you're a Christian.

Sheesh.