>> it's interesting, this brings the electoral college closer to its original design. if you read what the founders said, what alexander hamilton said, the idea was it to elect a college of electors who would actually use their own independent judgment to pick who they thought would be the best person in the country to become president. only because of the rise of mass democracy that we had this idea, you would elect electors who bound themselves to vote for one candidate or the other. i agree with bradley, the constitution doesn't allow states to appoint electors and then suddenly control them or even remove them, just the way states couldn't recall senators. once they are federal officials, they can do what they want free of state law. i get the idea. you could theoretically have electors who could exercise their own judgment but that is why i bet states are going to start putting state politicians from each party in the position of electors so they can be counted on to keep their promises. >> shannon: i think, and i don't know, is it that elected