An electoral college for Governor elections?

[rob in cal]

One of the critiques of going to a direct popular vote for president is that if we had it the candidates would concentrate all of their attention in the vote rich urban areas of the country and neglect the other states (in fact under the current situation they concentrate mostly on swing states and ignore everywhere else, populated or not).  Anyway, don't the same criticisms of a direct popular vote for president apply for governor races as well?  Should California think  about instituting its own electoral college for its governor races?  That way, candidates wouldn't focus just on the most populated coastal areas and campaign all over the state.  On the other hand to all those who would argue that a direct popular vote for governor in large, urban states is ok, than isn't it also ok for a national popular vote as well.  After all, states like California, New York, Florida and Illinois are in some respects miniature versions of the US as a whole.

[rob in cal]

Right, as an opponent of the electoral college myself, it could only help the anti-side if the someone started talking about it for the state level.  People's opposition to it on the state level could spill over onto the federal level.