The author seems ignorant of history: gerrymandering was not invented by Tom Delay, and in fact the Texas districting discussed by the author of this opinion piece was not nearly as bad as many other recent redistricting actions by both parties. The author seems unaware that Texas is a Republican state, having elected a Republican as governor by significant margins in every election from 1994 to the present. It should have a majority of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives. The author is likewise unaware that Maine and Nebraska already allocate one Electoral College vote to the winner in each of their Congressional Districts. The plan advanced by the author, the national plurality plan, would likely result a far-right candidate pulling in 20% of the vote winning, as there would be no runoff, and many persons can afford to spend ten million dollars or so on their own personal campaigns, resulting in a widely fragmented vote.