Well, it's been a bit since the election now. With thoughts moving on towards the fiscal cliff and perhaps filibuster reform, most of us have put the bitter battle behind us.
I want to call it back for just a moment to ponder something - the electoral college.
We all know how this works; none of us actually cast a vote for either Obama or Romney. In this Commonwealth, it was listed on the ballot as "electors for Obama". Here, we have what's called "winner take all"...whoever wins the popular vote in the state gets all the electors too, and they must vote for the candidate as required by the Constitution.
But is that really the best way?
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