[kittymyrib]

Hmmmm...who are the stupidest voters in the US, Iowans who automatically return Harken to the Senate every election, or Massachusett voters who inflict Kennedy on the country every six years? Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that we would actually have citizens so lacking in common sense and a love for freedom or they would have included in the Constitution a provision whereby the rest of the states could kick these losers out of the Union.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Actually, the constitution originally provided for the indirect selection of senators by the individual states. Direct election of senators is provided by an ammendment passed in the previous century. The framers were against direct democracy which they viewed as mob rule. Turns out, they were right.

[newgeezer]

Hmmmm...who are the stupidest voters in the US, Iowans who automatically return Harken to the Senate every election ... ?

No, the "stupidest" voters are probably the Iowans who vote for Harkin and Grassley. Because, on nearly all but the 100-0 votes, they're voting themselves NO representation in the Senate (when those two cancel each others' votes).

Then again, ol' Chuck Grassley got his $50M rain forest passed in yesterday's spending bill. I guess he and the Dungheap aren't as opposite as I once thought.