Re:What can 'the people do'? (Score 1)

When you say that the people don't actually elect the President you're overstating the power of the electoral college. Most states simply hand over their states electoral votes to the winner of that states popular vote (there are some exceptions Maine I know is one). Also, the electoral college has only once selected a President different than the population back in 2000 (and even that came down to Florida's decision to give the votes to Bush). The only times before that were all before 1900. As for your weekly vote - how would this work? Congress has hundreds of bills that are presented to it most of which have so many details (and I'm not just talking about pork) that your average American [insert stereotypical remark about Midwestern residents] won't be able to understand it. Most Congressmen don't even have the time to understand what they're voting for (just ask Hillary about her Iraq vote back in 2003) either but they have large staffs that brief them on the issues to keep them up to date on issues - do you think most Americans have access to that kind of information? Also, how would you deal with national security issues like funding for the CIA or FBI where they'd have to report about secret programs? Can you make that information widely available? Same with military funding. Not to mention the problem of voter apathy - the turnout rates for Presidential elections are some of the lowest in the democratic world do you think people will care about weekly votes on issues they don't even understand?