Tell me why would the democrats in Massachusetts state legislator want Washington D.C. running their socialist health-care system, much less forcing a huge number of other mandates upon them.
There is one fact you need to accolade about politicians, they are greedy for power. and it is exactly that greed both democrat and republican that will make them resistant to giving up that power to anyone whether it be the people or in the cases of State politicians Washington D.C.
THAT is the function of the Senate. Its to keep power local.
1 Scott Brown in 60 years is hardly worth 9 Ted Kennedy’s.
In fact they do and it's because they are socialist swine. It's a fantasy to think rat state legislators are against federal government power. They most certainly are not. Many rats in Congress got their start in the statehouses. I don't know why some many freepers have this fantasy, it's absurd on it's face.
BTW, number of tea party Senators that would be elected by state legislatures? Probably ZERO.