The Electoral College system embodies this principle, which is why the wrangling over the Florida vote was so bitter. Moreover, the Democrat-Republican split in both the House and Senate in the next Congress will be so close that political gridlock will result unless there is more accommodation and cooperation across party lines than we have seen in recent years. Perhaps, on a cosmic level, that is the lesson we are to learn from the 2000 election. Even as we chafe under the deficiencies of those systems and ponder changes to bring them into better alignment with the modern modus operandi, we would do well to revisit the values that have shaped our Constitution and also other democratic constitutions around the world, both present and past. Please list your telephone number for confirmation.
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