I've had the argument made to me, "Tom, as a conservative, why would you ever want to support something like National Popular Vote?" You know, they handed me a book and I said to the gentleman that had come in to pitch it, "Why would I ever support this? I mean, you crazy?" Well, it's funny, I went and read the book and became an absolute believer. National Popular Vote, NPV, founded by John Coza, who financially supports Democratic party committees, liberal candidates, and was an elector for Al Gore. NPV is partnered with Fair Vote, which was granted seed money from the Joyce Foundation. At the time, seated on the board of directors, was Barack Obama. They also support American Civil Liberties Union, AFL-CIO, and La Raza. Fair Vote is also funded by Open Society, the George Soros Foundation. The executive director of Fair Vote is Ron Richie, who is also a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, an organization openly committed to radically transforming the global economy, also funded by Soros. Richie of Fair Vote and Coza of National Popular Vote co-authored a book called Every Vote Equal. Is this the book that made Tom a believer in National Popular Vote? I get conservatives who say to me, "Well, why do you want to eliminate the electoral college?" And I have to tell them, this is why you need to read the book. Article 2, Section 1, it is constitutional. We're not changing the Constitution. If you respect states' rights, if you truly do believe in them, then you respect the states' rights to determine however they want to award their electors. It's time to junk the electoral college. Rather than dismantling the electoral college with an amendment, we can use the mechanisms of the electoral college itself to guarantee popular election of the president.
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