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Article: Electoral College keeps out undesirables
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 21, 2000
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Like many people, I've been on tenterhooks waiting for New York's
junior senator to weigh in on the Electoral College. Just days after
her election, Hillary Rodham Clinton ended the suspense. She vowed to
combat the Electoral College so that "the popular vote, the will of
the people" will reign triumphant.
It should come as no surprise that Hillary opposes the Electoral
College. Alexander Hamilton explained that the whole point of the
Electoral College was to interpose "every practicable obstacle" to
"cabal, intrigue and corruption." The roundabout method of choosing a
president imposed by the Constitution was intended to frustrate "the
adversaries of republican government" and prevent them ...