http://academicvc.com/2008/03/04/electoral-college/ Stephen Fleming's blog about academia, venture capital, and spaceships Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:47:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://academicvc.com/2008/03/04/electoral-college/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Ray A. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://academicvc.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/electoral-college/#comment-51 Stephen,<br/>Your comparison of the necessity electoral college to necessity of playoffs in baseball is possibly one of the best I've seen. I agree with you that the electoral college remains important because even though we have a lot of information today, I don't know that the aerage joe six pack is actually any more informed about the facts. Our soundbite world can lead the rank and file to form some inaccurate conclusions. Stephen,
Your comparison of the necessity electoral college to necessity of playoffs in baseball is possibly one of the best I’ve seen. I agree with you that the electoral college remains important because even though we have a lot of information today, I don’t know that the aerage joe six pack is actually any more informed about the facts. Our soundbite world can lead the rank and file to form some inaccurate conclusions.

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