Convince me the Electoral College is still valid [View All]

[Wickerman]

Last time out we (the Dem side, natch) won the popular vote. However, we actually go by the electoral college vote and Bush* (the evil side) won that (insert the tales of woe of thrown elections, Brooks Bros rioters, corrupt justices in the SCOTUS, etc).

You may or may not recall that the Bush* camp, anticipating a close election, had predicted the opposite. They were going on the assumption that they might win the pop vote and get stuck with less electoral votes. They had their legal team(s) ready to go to court to attempt to overturn that outcome.

This time out, no one seems to be worrying about the 'college. Has it suddenly become valid? More valid because it worked to the Repug's favor? What reasoning could you use to say it is archaic and should be scrapped? One the other hand, why might you argue in favor of it?

Please note that I did not mention Nader once in this... errr, D'oh! :argh: