And in election news, the New York Times has come out calling for the abolishment of the electoral college as a means to select the nation’s president. The Times wrote in editorial, “It’s a ridiculous setup, which thwarts the will of the majority, distorts presidential campaigning and has the potential to produce a true constitutional crisis. There should be a bipartisan movement for direct election of the president.”

In the 2000 election, Al Gore won the popular vote by a margin of 500,000 but lost the election. President Bush won the electoral vote after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor of stopping the Florida recount.