Chucking the electoral college

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 02:13 PM 11/22/00 -0500, Nathan wrote:
>matter and a problem for democracy in a range of ways.]  The real problem
>with the House is exactly the first-past-the-post system, since it means
>that House incumbents can be gerrymandered into safe seats, disenfranchising
>whichever party is herded into permanent minorities in a large number of
>districts.  Third parties don't solve that problem, either.  What is needed
>is some system of proportional representation or cumulative voting.
>Unlikely to ever happen given our constitutional straightjacket, but a
>serious problem since the majority of most Congresspeople are essentially
>unopposed in each election.

I am all for proportional representation, but how will that improve the
accountability after the election? Under the current system, once the
bastard gets his ass on the political stool, he has the licence to do as he
and his corporate cronies please for the next 2 or 4 years with impunity.

wojtek