Robert McCullough

ShoZan - The issue with candidates not visiting heavily partisan states has 0 to do with the two party system. If there were 3 parties, and one party held a sizable advantage in the state, there would be no reason for the other candidates to go there. A popular vote would mean that every single vote mattered. As to the founder's intent - 1) They could have been wrong. The founder's, while brilliant, were not omniscient. We have changed what they ha

Citizen drmiler - As to your first post, you appear to have forgotten a couple of key facts. 1) They found French weapons in Iraq? Oh my goodness, I sure hope they didn't find any American weapons . . . oh, wait, they did? Because we propped up Saddam's regime prior to 1990. Hmmmm, Glad you get to take the moral high ground since America doesn't supply more weapons then anyone else, errr, whoops, guess they do. 2) As for Germany, you're absolutely righ

One of the things that has been missed thus far is that the electoral college actually prevents candidates from visiting certain states. Kansas for example will vote Republican nearly all the time, therefore it is foolish for Kerry to waste time campaigning when he will get 0 electoral votes since he will be unlikely to get a majority. A popular election would mean that Kerry would spend some time in the state because getting 5-10% more of the vote wou