{"id":25526,"date":"2016-12-20T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25526"},"modified":"2016-12-20T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T20:26:08","slug":"a-college-grade-of-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/20\/a-college-grade-of-f\/","title":{"rendered":"A College Grade of F-"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Trust you understand that the Electoral College had two functions in our former Republic.  The first is to certify the election of the voters’ choice for President.  The second is to act as a hedge against the certification os a President who is unfit for office, especially one in thrall to a foreign power.  In both cases, the Electoral College has failed miserably.  We can and must abolish the Electoral College.  The term Manchurian Candidate is now officially an anachronism.  Our Electoral College is certifying a Siberian Candidate.<\/font><\/p>\n

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By overwhelming majorities<\/a>, Americans would prefer to elect the president by direct popular vote, not filtered through the antiquated mechanism<\/a> of the Electoral College. They understand, on a gut level, the basic fairness of awarding the nation\u2019s highest office on the same basis as every other elected office \u2014 to the person who gets the most votes.<\/p>\n

But for now, the presidency is still decided by 538 electors<\/a>. And on Monday, despite much talk in recent weeks<\/a> about urging those electors to block Donald Trump from the White House, a majority did as expected and cast their ballots for him<\/a> \u2014 a result Congress will ratify next month.<\/p>\n

And so for the second time in 16 years, the candidate who lost the popular vote has won the presidency. Unlike 2000, it wasn\u2019t even close. Hillary Clinton beat Mr. Trump by more than 2.8 million votes, or 2.1 percent of the electorate. That\u2019s a wider margin than 10 winning candidates enjoyed<\/strong> and the biggest deficit for an incoming president since the 19th century<\/a>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <NY Times<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

I encourage you to click through to read the remainder if this editorial.<\/font><\/p>\n

Chris Hayes interviewed<\/a> Anna Galland of MoveOn.org<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n