[Gaffer]

"..old timers in the Senate..."

Old timers, more 'senior', freshman, blah, blah, blah.

This fixation with seniority in the Senate has always ticked me off. The very idea that a senator, say such as Reid or Feinstein, or McConnell for that matter should have any more sway over the rights, privileges, duties and capabilities as a Senator just elected is plain lunacy.

These senators are not single individuals unto themselves; they are REPRESENTATIVES of STATES of this UNION (as sorry as it is at this point in time). No state, should hold preference over the other simply because they are too lazy to defend their freedom and go out and find someone new to represent them.

I realize seniority plays an important part in running the Senate, but it does not translate into the relative value of proposed legislation simply because the person has been there much, much too long. Instead of thinging of these Senators as 'venerable' we SHOULD be thinking of them as pariahs to be ousted, IMO.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I agree. Results, not staying power, should steer voters’ political weather vein.

[dontreadthis]

imagine the impact term limits would have upon seniority

[itsahoot]

Instead of thinking of these Senators as 'venerable' we SHOULD be thinking of them as pariahs to be ousted, IMO.

Well said Gaffer.