:: These sparsely populated, usually conservative states can block legislation supported by a majority of the American people. ::
What he REALLY means:
These sparsely populated, usually conservative states can block legislation supported by a majority of PROGRESSIVE CALIFORNIANS.
Cause, that’s what is fair; that we should all be governed by Californians.
We are a nation of the United States only because the Senate guarantees that smaller states cannot be opressed by larger ones.