Eliminate the Electoral College!

I don't agree with Jesse Jackson on many of his positions, but this time he's dead-on correct:

"We need an amendment...to make sure every American has a right to vote individually and directly for the president, not through the Electoral College. The idea of an Electoral College is an aristocratic idea that you can't trust the people."

The Electoral College served its purpose once, long ago, when voters were infinitely less well-informed about national political candidates than they are now. But with the pervasiveness of media coverage today, there's no reason for surrogates to do our voting for us. The Electoral College is an anachronism that has long outlived its usefulness and needs to be brought to an end.