If California wants to tell its voters that their presidential votes are to be disregarded if other parts of the country disagree with them, that's California's business. It's insane but it's fine with me.

I just shake my head when I see these schemes to alter or obliterate the Electoral College. It's not going to happen.

The Electoral College was devised to give small-population states a bit more horsepower in presidential elections and that's what it does. To change the scheme would require a constitutional amendment, which would require the approval of a large number of small-state legislatures.

I live in Montana, one of these small states, and I can imagine the reaction to a proposal that Montana give up its electoral advantage because New York, California, Texas and othe large states would like it, Montana getting nothing in return, of course.

It wouldn't begin to pass the giggle test.