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Maryland approves Electoral College change

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-04-03 00:26|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What the hell. SCOTUS just makes stuff up all the time - why not toss out one more of the key design features of our union? It's only been one of the key stabilizers for most of our history.

If the concept and clause of equal protection can be waived whenever we feel like it, and penumbras found to justify any ruling that feels good at the time, why not dynamite the architecture of our elected government as well? While we're at it, let's make the Senate proportional to population - that way useless coastal and urban populations can hasten the decline of the country into economic mediocrity and international insecurity. Not that the senators from small states - esp. GOPers - have been of much use for some time either.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-04-03 00:54|| 2007-04-03 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 IOW, a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - problem is my raedings of the legislation > does NOT call for per se elimination of State-controlled electoral colleges, but ONLY A PC TRANSFER OF EC POWER-AUTHOR AT ELEX TIME TO THE FEDERAL-LEVEL. Must either Constitutionally eliminate EC's or don't, as the Feds can use this to deny any and all Federal funding-suppor for State EColleges, ergo less $$$ for State budgets, espec smaller states. Remember, one of the original premises for the EC was to BALANCE OUT DIFFERENTIATIONS IN CONGRESSIONAL-USG INFLUENCE BETWEEN SMALL STATES + LARGE STATES, as well as CURRENT STATES vv NEW STATES.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-03 01:05|| 2007-04-03 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Just watch . . . thanks to this legislation, in the '08 election, the blue blue state of Maryland's electoral votes go to (choose one) Rudy Guliani/Fred Thompson/John McCain even though (choose one) Hillary!/Obama! carried the state with 64%, providing the Republican with the margin of victory in the Electoral College.

Just imagine how the MoveOn crowd would react!

Posted by Mike 2007-04-03 06:38|| 2007-04-03 06:38|| Front Page Top

#4 That's my prediction, too, Mike. A Republican will win the popular vote and all the normally blue states who took up this idiocy will go red. Maybe not in 2008, but eventually.

Then we'll hear wailing and gnashing -- possibly rioting -- like we've never heard before.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-04-03 07:39|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-04-03 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 One more step closer to welcoming Sulla.

Pass me the popcorn.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-04-03 09:32|| 2007-04-03 09:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I agree. This will blow up in their face and then they will blame Bush and Rove.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-04-03 09:52|| 2007-04-03 09:52|| Front Page Top

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