He has repeatedly opposed direct election of senators and direct election of the president.
He has opposed reform of the senate to make representation of the states in that body proportionate to population, as it is in the house.
He writes on these topics during news lulls.
The Popular Vote is a Bad Idea
Odd.
There is only one good argument in favor of indirect election of the president, and that is the argumentum ad Hitlerum.
If the people elected Hitler the Electors could ignore them and choose George Washington, instead.
The value of the Electoral College lies exactly in the constitutional legitimacy of "faithless Electors."
Take that a way and there is nothing left of the EC but another constitutional machine for privileging the voters and power of small states over populous ones.
Boo does not make this argument.
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