[Sterling Saunders]

“I can’t imagine all the backroom deals that might go on here as they negotiate who to send to DC”

At their worst, they wouldn’t be any different from what is going on right now. When a candidate gets on the ballot it’s only with permission of the party bosses and, once elected, they have to toe the party line or lose the party’s support (read money) for the next election. Look what the Dems tried to do to Lieberman

[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

"At their worst, they wouldn’t be any different from what is going on right now. When a candidate gets on the ballot it’s only with permission of the party bosses and, once elected, they have to toe the party line or lose the party’s support (read money) for the next election. Look what the Dems tried to do to Lieberman" I don't know about that. We manage to get some Republican senators now, and we have primaries. When it comes to politics at the state level, it is really back-room stuff. We would be sure to get liberal dems if our legislature got to select them. That would mean bad SCOTUS judges, and that's very important to me.