It is only when they vote for Senators and Congressmen that they decide who best will represent their State s interests. Slobodan Milosevic should have introduced the American electoral system into Yugoslavia. He would have stayed in power and kept George Will happy at the same time. But this is already the case. Moreover, very few states are ever seriously in play.
Most elections boil down to a fight over half a dozen states.
Recently, the Wall Street Journal website, indignantly reported that Russian parliamentary deputies had proposed sending observers to the US to monitor the Presidential elections. The Wall Street Journal writers were obviously not amused by this. Yet the Russians were obviously giving us a taste of our own medicine. It is extremely annoying to have other countries lecture us on our shortcomings. Others have much to learn from us, while we have nothing to learn from anyone.