[bIlluminati]

The irony is that while the legislature of a state has little to say about the US Senate, it can influence its congressional delegation by redrawing district lines.

Over the past 60 years, Republicans have controlled the U.S. Senate a lot more than the U.S. House.

The reason? It's a lot harder to gerrymander a state.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Over the past 60 years, Republicans have controlled the U.S. Senate a lot more than the U.S. House.

The reason? It's a lot harder to gerrymander a state.

. . . and if anything, the state borders as they exist tend to favor the Republicans.

And even at that, Republicans can't consistently win. The reason being, that conservatives are people who have principles other than political convenience - and Democrats' principles, if such they be, align perfectly with political convenience.

Political convenience, as I define it, is nothing other than "tending to reinforce the inherent biases of wire service journalism."

The inherent biases of wire service journalism include the bias that it has in rejecting the very possibility of its own bias, and the bias against individuals getting credit for the efficacy of work apart from criticism, condmenation and complaint which is the forte of journalism.