David Broder, the political reporter and columnist for the WaPo, argues today against a proposal for direct election of the president. Here's his column and here's some info about the proposal.

Broder argues that under the current system voters are not deprived of information about the campaigns. But this is a straw man -- the real issue is not whether people will have access to news about the campaigns, but whether they will have a vote that matters -- outside of the shrinking number of battleground states, the vote is foreordained.

Broder: The reality is that small states now get ignored as much as big states like New York or Texas.

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