Mike Gravel's Dumb Plan - Revisited

I have been thinking more about Former Senator Mike Gravel's (D-Alaska) plan to eliminate the electoral college.

A more philosophical approach to issue recognizes that our country is a representative democracy. Both words are important. A large part of our system involves protecting the rights of the political minority. Thus, it takes a super-majority to end a filibuster. Every state gets two Senators, but congressional representatives are allocated by population. And the electoral college provides another method of ensuring political minorities receive both representation and democracy.

Eliminating the electoral college is a step away from this time honored principle.