Monday
Inconceivable
In early May, David Broder wrote an op-ed complaining about the Democratic Primaries in which he noted that,
1) Why does anyone ever listen to David Broder?
2) Wouldn't it be crazy if we had an electoral system where gaining a vote in any state fully offset losing a vote in any other state, so that politicians had incentives to compete for all of our votes? Some kind of national, popular vote, perhaps?
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“The two states that voted on Tuesday — Indiana and North Carolina — are so unimportant to Democratic chances of electing the next president that it is unlikely Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama would make more than a token appearance in either after one of them is nominated.Two question in response:
Unless John McCain butchers his campaign, he will be an odds-on favorite to continue the Republican winning streak in both states.
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Lots of people complain that Iowa and New Hampshire enjoy disproportionate influence because of their place at the start of the process. But both are closely contested in November — not throwaways.”
1) Why does anyone ever listen to David Broder?
2) Wouldn't it be crazy if we had an electoral system where gaining a vote in any state fully offset losing a vote in any other state, so that politicians had incentives to compete for all of our votes? Some kind of national, popular vote, perhaps?
