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• Something we could all work on together - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 6:02:27 PM
  • Thanks Art, for extending the discussion, - jms - 9/27/2004 11:29:49 PM
    • Yes, agreed - ebnelson - 9/28/2004 7:06:58 PM
  • A democratic website in Colorado is discussing this at length. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 7:23:28 PM
  • Good idea, but method of emergency replacement of Congress is higher priority - E.P. Grondine - 9/27/2004 6:59:33 PM
    • Tom Clancy says we'd survive and end up with Harrison Ford as President. Works for me. lol (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 9:16:09 PM
    • re: We could survive 6 months without a congress. - Scott Evil - 9/27/2004 7:25:58 PM
      • We get hit that hard, and we will be worried more - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 8:52:25 PM
  • Perhaps we should discuss the merits of the EC first? (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 6:43:04 PM
    • Merits? - Tony - 9/27/2004 7:36:18 PM
      • The Electoral College was created for a reason - Larry J - 9/27/2004 8:45:21 PM
        • for a lot of reasons, many of which no longer exist - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 9:33:06 PM
          • A representative republic is better at protecting the rights of a minority than a pure democracy - Larry J - 9/27/2004 9:48:14 PM
            • It still would not be a pure democracy - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 10:34:06 PM
              • It's hard to get over 50% of the vote if there's a strong 3rd party - Larry J - 9/27/2004 11:44:03 PM
                • See merits of both arguments - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 11:52:29 PM
                  • Voter initiatives - Larry J - 9/28/2004 1:26:14 PM
          • that may be so - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 9:46:39 PM
        • No amendment to constitution required - Tony - 9/27/2004 9:27:35 PM
          • Ok, let's start with the biggest states... - Larry J - 9/27/2004 9:45:29 PM
            • I was not aware taht it was being carpet bagged. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 9:49:08 PM
          • All votes do count today, and if you are a democrat, they often count twice. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 9:45:18 PM
            • Well the discussion was civil - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 10:04:49 PM
              • Good point. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 10:28:01 PM
                • Jokes work for me. (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 10:43:12 PM
      • re: Merits? - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 7:49:09 PM
        • re: Merits? - Marcia - 9/27/2004 8:15:20 PM
          • A very good overview, thanks Marcia. (n/t) - jms - 9/27/2004 9:50:45 PM
          • Very interesting. Thanks for posting the link. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 8:33:14 PM