The last thing the Founding Fathers intended when they created the Senate was for it to become an American version of the British House of Lords, where the members served for life.
Thanks to Liz Cheney, at least the voters of Wyoming will have a chance to decide whether they want the Senate to continue to exist as a bunch of elderly people sitting around drooling while the country deteriorates or if they want it to become an effective legislative body made up of under-retirement-age members interested in solving America’s problems.
And let’s also not forget the opposite situation. When the time rolls around Michael Steele, Alan Simpson and their ilk will not be saying: why Rand Paul has been a great senator. I oppose him being challenged by a more moderate candidate. Or, I’ve got Ted Cruz’s back against his moderate challenger.
Quite the contrary, they’ll be putting up the moderates to take out the conservatives. Remember the Murkowski election?? Who did the RNC support?? The republican nominee or the republican incumbent running as an independent? I think we all remember the answer.