Re: Democracy in America Re: Villain of the Week

[John D. Giorgis]

At 10:41 AM 2/1/01 -0800, Josh wrote:
>Eliminating the role of president - that is, someone selected by the entire
>populace - is probably the only way to do this, but that role appears to be
>highly effective in balancing against the regional interests supposedly
>espoused in congress and being a more direct representation of current
>public opinion.

What I think you mean is eliminate direct election of the President, not
the role of the President. 

In which case, I couldn't agree more - a strengthened electoral college
system, where true representatives of the people meet to interview and
select candidates would be much better.

JDG
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