The Intercept
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Frida Ghitis: The debt ceiling is one of at least six abominable ideas plaguing Washington politics.
She says it's an improvement on what the U.S. used to do, but it still makes no sense.
The Electoral College was created to give rural states a voice in the choice of the president, she says.
Ghitis says the GOP’s refusal to raise the debt limit unconditionally is like a crazed man pointing a gun at his head.
Frida Ghitis: All of our current suffering is the fault of the Florida Panhandle.
She says if Florida didn’t have its conservative panhandle, Al Gore would have easily beat George W Bush in Florida in 2000 and become president.
The way voting generally works in the U.S. is that whoever gets the most votes wins, she says.
Ghitis says both parties love the current setup and are not interested in creating more competition.
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