If we are going to overhaul, change, or toss out the Electoral College, that is a discussion that we ought to have at a national level. Cynical attempts to manipulate politics for the sake of partisan gain, however, should simply be beyond the pale. Fortunately, it looks as if GOP proposals to choose California's presidential electors based on a proportion of the popular vote are not going to gain traction. 

Such ploys seem like even more of a naked grab for power when one remembers that in the wake of the 2000 and 2004 elections Republicans scoffed at the very idea that the Electoral College needs fixing and insisted that Democrats were crybabies for wanting to look anew at the system we use to elect the President.  The same thing can be said for Texas’ unporecedented statewide redistricting a few years back. Just try to imagine the reactions from the right if the party affiliations were switched in either of these scenarios.