Barbara Boxer is one of my two senators, which is not to say I've ever had much enthusiasm for her. I do though agree with this article in which she warns of a Republican move to change the way California's electoral votes are distributed. It would shift us to a system which (surprise, surprise) would benefit Republican presidential candidates. I can't believe this won't be defeated and it should be defeated. But it just points up how silly the whole electoral college is — as if the 2000 election didn't prove it by "electing" the candidate who got fewer votes.