Posted on 11/13/2016 12:32:58 PM PST by ColdOne
Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis says his party must do everything in its power to abolish the Electoral College.
Hillary won this election, and when all the votes are all counted, by what will likely be more than a million votes, he wrote of the Democratic presidential nominee in an email to Politico Sunday.
ADVERTISEMENT So how come she isnt going to the White House in January? the 1988 Democratic standard-bearer asked. "Because of an anachronistic Electoral College system that should have been abolished 150 years ago.
That should be at the top of the Democratic priority list while we wait to see what a Trump administration has in store for us. So far, all we know is that dozens of lobbyists are all over the Trump transition -- a strange way to drain the swamp.
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Even his wife Kitty said so.
Funniest photo-op in presidential elections ever. His mommy even made made a name-tag for his "battle helmet" so that he wouldn't lose it.
“Zorba the Clerk” is still a moron after all these years.
Two things wrong with your idea Mike:
We DON’T KNOW if she won the popular vote because Absentee ballots are not counted unless the election is close enough in a state to make a difference in the outcome....and absentee as a rule are 2/3 GOP 1/3 Dem so if they were to be counted...my guess is she would lose there as well.
Second...the Electoral college is a safeguard for those who don’t live in high populated liberal hell holes ...which is why we are a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC mike...not a pure democracy because that ends up in mob rule..but with the current make up of state houses and the US congress if you think you can get 3/4 of the states to approve of the Constitutional ammendment needed to do it...go for it...you could not get them off their fat asses to vote for Hillary six million didn’t so go for it dude...
otherwise stop being a drama queen...
Could an amendment get ratified by the states? Naturally, big Democrat states would be for it. So would small Democrat states -- Hawaii, Vermont, Delaware, Rhode Island, if the political map stays the same. Die-hard small Republican states would be opposed -- Idaho, Wyoming, the Dakotas. You'd have to see a sweep for the Democrats so big that enough Midwestern and Southern state legislatures go Democrat long enough for the Amendment to go through. That's extremely unlikely the way our politics are now. Maybe FDR could have done it during the Depression if he'd wanted to.
The stupidest campaign ad in history.
The 10 th amendment was a failed poison pill from the founding fathers. The electoral college will forever be successful. No work around.
The electoral college is part of the constitutional process for electing a president. If is is abolished, the USA would no longer be a republic. To call for this change is treason.
The Loser! (1988 Rush Limbaugh)
They simply don't have the two-thirds House/Senate and three-fourths of the states to change the Constitution.
AND WE should be IGNORING this BS about getting rid of the electoral college (read 55 men and the constitution). We should be focusing on a NATIONAL VOTER ID program and a program to RECOMMEND to all states that would help them bring their (dead) voter rolls up to date.
Lol. Good luck with 32 republican governors, a majority of state houses, the congress and the president. Maybe in 50 years.
You beat me to it.
Tanks a lot.
A tank door fell on his head.
To QUQT Pres. Reagen “AWWW, SHUT - UP!!!”
Did he mention abolishing the U.S. Senate? Didn’t think so.
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I am sure all the small states will be waiting in line to support this proposal. ;-)
Citizenship for native born Martians has a better chance.
Having said that, I would be perfectly happy if 48 States would follow the lead of Maine and Nebraska and allocate their electors based on their congressional districts. This would force the candidates to wage national campaigns and not the regional campaigns that we see today.
Just my 2 cents worth.
“Hey Hill....Trump got 306 EV not 290.”
They are are trying to preserve Michigan for as long as they can. It hasn’t officially been awarded to Trump pending a recount since the margin of victory is less than 1%
They will drag it out as long as they can. I bet Michigan will still be gray on the map in 2020!
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