Founding Father rationales, however ironic, for the Electoral College have resurfaced for rehashing for obvious reasons. An EC victory by Donald Trump, who is less than a plurality president-elect by popular vote, will induce no less.
But let’s not forget the 22nd Amendment. Ratified in 1951, it precludes anyone from being elected president more than twice. Among those who have pondered its implications: incumbent President Barack Obama. The one who Mitch McConnell vowed to make a one-term president. The one who is now nearing a 60 percent approval rating, according to Gallup’s most recent survey.
“I’m confident that if I had run again and articulated (a hope and change vision), I think I could’ve mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind me,” candidly observed Obama.
He’s right. Trump rallying Hillary haters and Duck Dynasty voters would not have been enough to overcome amped-up minority and anti-Trump Democratic turnout in key swing states.
And if there were no 22nd Amendment? Michelle would have talked him out of it.