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The presidential race appears a done deal.It's down to the Legislature.

And now it is time for you to tell us your own version of the 'right thing'.Or do you think voting for Romney really is the wrong thing, but are just going to do it anyway?

Me?I am from Minnesota. And we've been doing the right thing for decades

Minnesota's sittin' nice:

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"Minnesota Legislature: Democrats regain control" from TwinCities.com:

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Democrats regained control of the Minnesota Legislature Tuesday, Nov. 6, putting them in charge of both chambers and the governor's office for the first time in 22 years.

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Us St. Cloudians with brains tried our hardest to get that crazy she-ape out of the U.S. House, but we were outvoted by the loons that live down in the marshes.Funny thing, when you look at the map in this link, it is actually the most populated areas of the state that went Republican, in contrast to what is seen on the national map as a whole.Edited by Jon, : No reason given.Edited by Jon, : just can't get nothin' write!

What is wrong with the system as it is? It puts the power to choose President into the hands of each individual state rather than into the hands of the people as a whole.Isn't that how all of our elections work? I didn't get to decide who California sent to D.C. as one of their senators. The people of California decided as a state who they wanted in their senate chair. Similarly, I didn't get to decide who California supported for President; the people of California decided as a state who they supported for President.It's state-based, like every other election for Federal office in the country.What do you have against the States?

I am okay with the fact that each State chooses as a single entity which presidential candidate it wants in the White House and that the weight of that choice is a factor of the state's population.Can you tell me for which other Federal offices the American people as a whole vote directly rather than on a state-by-state basis? Why shouldn't it? Per person, Rhode Island also has more U.S. representatives than Minnesota.The Electoral College is perhaps unnecessary, but it's not as bad as you make it out to be. It is pretty much in line with how the rest of the system worksthat is, each person's vote only sort of kind of counts the same as everyone else's vote.Jon

State governments handle matters not suitable to be handled by local or Federal government.

Says a has-been toad in a little blue vest. I'd be more than a little perturb to find the smooth four-lane highway I was traveling on suddenly switch into a single-lane dirt road upon crossing county lines... ... and I'd be equally perturb to find out that my Federal government didn't have anything better with which to concern itself than how comfortable my Thanksgiving drive back home was.Seriously crash...I didn't think your outlandish ignorance could get any worse than it already was, but seeing what you are proposing here really has me questioning that think.Though I guess nothing ridiculous you say should surprise me anymore.JonABE: If you want to talk more about this, I think we should set up a separate thread for it. You can do it or I will. Edited by Jon, : No reason given.

Because the Federal government has better things to worry about. Ironically, management of the Interstates is within the hands of the individual States through whose land the Interstates cross. I wouldn't be so sure about that...JonABE: Continue here: Message 1Edited by Jon, : No reason given.