When Two Bears says "The Founding fathers set up the United States that way from the beginning; you complaint should be with them" he is wrong, as I have pointed out already. He consistently ignores my point: The founding fathers did NOT establish the all-or-nothing system of tabulating electoral college votes. That was done by state legislatures. It's easy to hide behind claims of the Constitution, but there is no Constitutional argument to be made; this is simply not in the Constitution.

Since this is a State Legislature issue, what Two Bears means is "take it up with your State Legislature." And so you should! They have the power to change the way your state's electoral votes are assigned so that the proper proportion of electoral votes goes to the minority. Maine and Nebraska work this way already. Why not Alaska?

Also, Two bears: Truman defeated Dewey by more than two million popular votes, while the electoral count was 303 to 189. It was not nearly close enough to merit a recount, not even as close as Bush V. Gore. Just because a newspaper screwed up doesn't mean it was that close.

Finally, the Florida Supreme Court did not believe they were "legislating from the bench." They believed they were interpreting the laws already in place. The fact that the US Supreme court disagreed can mean one of two things

(1) there was a simple disagreement of legal interpretation
(2) the US Supreme Court threw its weight around because it wanted a Bush presidency.

The fact that four of the nine justices dissented, and that the dissent was entirely along party lines, strongly suggests that the decision was political, NOT a clear-cut legal question of the Florida Court "Legislating from the Bench."

Sorry, Two Bears, that's three strikes!