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the electoral college as written in the constitution should be understood as an elaborate kludge tossed together at the last minute for the sake of just getting the whole thing done with — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 23, 2021 Hibernated

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yep! the main opposition to popular election of the president had little to do with fear of “mob rule” and everything with specific political problems, #1 being “too much of the South’s population is enslaved and white southerners could never muster enough votes to elect a POTUS” — PolitiTweet.org

Others have written about this, but it really is incredible that Madison says straight up at the Convention, 'No, t… https://t.co/pT0RfmjJAz

Posted Jan. 23, 2021 Hibernated

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yes! so much of the argument about the selection of the president — and so much of the argument about the nature of the presidency — rested on the idea that Washington would be president for some indeterminate amount of time. — PolitiTweet.org

@jbouie They also thought it wasn’t going to matter because Washington was young and virile and there wouldn’t be a… https://t.co/zmcfxhxph0

Posted Jan. 23, 2021 Hibernated