[Alberta's Child]

I'm not a big fan of Mitch McConnell, but a lot of this criticism is unwarranted. Much of what he does is simply a function of occupying a leadership position in a legislature comprised of elected officials from all over the country.

I would also point out that we are seeing the natural consequence of a political process with no real limits on campaign finance. Once you turn the election process into a business, it's inevitable that state and local races effectively become nationalized ... and the process is dominated by wealthy interests in the nation's largest cities that can fund political advocacy campaigns all over the U.S.

[grcuster]

A good reason to repeal the 17th Amendment and return the selection for the Senate back to the States.