John Mark Hansen, one of the nation's leading political minds, is both a Distinguished Service Professor and Dean of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. In a pre-election piece published in the Chicago Sun-Times, Hansen argues for the dissolution of the Electoral College, painting it as a thoroughly outdated and indefensible system. With Nader now asking for a recount of ballots in the state of New Hampshire, one begins to wonder what role the College actually plays in a contemporary presidential election. Are we missing something?