McCain has a democrat crossover machine in AZ that keeps him in power. But he is 80 years of age, so he won’t be around for very much longer.
The real focus is McConnell. He can go nuclear on democrats to get Trump’s team in or he can cause damage by acting like the rules are to blame.
The opportunity before the American people is term limits for US Senators. The 17th Amendment was crafted in poor judgment. What should have happened historically is to give a state’s voters a means of firing their US Senator by recall. But SCOTUS has ruled that recall of US Senators is unconstitutional.
A constitutional amendment can be taken up by Congress or by state legislatures or by state referendums according to Article V.
Congress, especially the US Senate, will never limit themselves willingly. Donald Trump is unique in history that he can lead Americans to take up an amendment at the state levels. Such a successful gambit would force the US Senate to acquiesce but there is a worse danger in having Congress in control of the wording and meaning of an amendment. Such an amendment must stay under control of voters within each state. It takes 34 states to get an amendment to the National Archives Office which in turn will notify Congress and will tabulate the number of states that ratify an amendment. It takes 38 states to ratify.
Here is an example of what’s needed:
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AMENDMENT XXVIII
To restore effective suffrage of State Legislatures to Congress, the following amendment is proposed:
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Section 1.
A Senator in Congress shall be subject to recall by their respective state legislature or by voter referendum in their respective state.
Section 2.
Term limits for Senators in Congress shall be set by vote in their respective state legislatures but in no case shall be set less than twelve years nor more than eighteen years.
Section 3:
The seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
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