[BigEdLB]

Remember - Massachusetts is the bluest of blue states, and they will try anything - Remember Hugh Hewitt’s book - If it’s not close - They can’t cheat.

I might be in favor of a district system, but a national pop vote defeats federalism.

[massgopguy]

Will they hand me a ballot with a check in the box next to Barack Obama’s name at my Polling Place?

[Phlyer]

a national pop vote defeats federalism.

If all the states do it, then at least it puts another nail in the coffin.

I think a stronger case can be made that federalism was 'defeated' with the 17th Amendment. The only remaining question is socialism versus freedom - how far will our nation go toward socialism now that there is at least a mechanism for concentrating all power centrally. Whether the president receives the majority of electoral votes as currently cast - in virtually all cases as the result of winning the national popular vote anyway - or receives them on the basis of a simple popular vote majority regardless of individual state results is - unfortunately - secondary on the overall federalism issue.