Recently, there has been renewed activism to eliminate the Electoral College.  The argument over its need to exist seems to be almost perennial.  I say almost, because it really gets made only when Democrats lose elections.  The problem is that the arguments they make are specious and their premises fallacious, and senators who support this move undermine their own standing in the Senate. If the Electoral College were to be abolished, either through Democrat collusion among certain states or a constitutional amendment (which would never happen), this would effectively put an end to federalism.  There would no longer be a logical need for or a way to protect the interests of any state.  The point of a state governor or legislature would seem archaic and a throwback to the founding.  States themselves would be mere markings on the map, while large metropolitan areas would become the new centers of power, with a handful...(Read Full Post)