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Thinking back to my high school government courses, the thesis of Louis Bayard's article is the reason the founding fathers set up the electoral college, isn't it? They knew that it was best to elect people who would make a reasoned vote for the actual candidate, rather than a "one person, one vote" type of arrangement.
The level of discourse is very low in most of politics and I agree that many people can't deal with very complex decisions that *require* trade-offs... everyone is looking to be outraged by the other party or playing "gotcha" at every turn.
Leadership is really hard when you can't "reason" with the people you represent... :-/
