[EM] In defense of the Electoral College (was Re: Making a Bad Thing Worse)

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Nov 7, 2008, at 6:07 AM, Chris Benham wrote:

> Presumably then you would favour abolishing the general
> presidential election and instead fill the office by a vote
> among the members of the Senate.
>
> That would further greatly reduce the chance of a deadlock
> between the President and the Senate, and also save a lot of
> time and money.
>

And we could go back to letting the state legislatures elect our  
senators, giving state governments even more control over elections.
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