* For the most part, the Commonwealth of Virginia is extremely representative of my interests. The lack of "big cities" goes a long way towards keeping it that way, too.
* Remember: The Senate is composed of people who are elected by ("THE POPULATION OF THE STATE" DIVIDED BY 2). Your chances of unseating Senators are NEXT TO NIL.
This is one of the reasons that the U.S. Senate can so cavalierly dismiss your concerns.
They realize that most Americans have bought into this myth that they will always be there, and that there's nothing you can do about it.
That Grand Kleagle Byrd can be there for seven terms, and will be elected for an eighth, or that The Swimmer will continue to befoul the Senate chambers until his cirrhotic liver explodes during the middle of one of his patented tirades, and there's nothing that you can do about it.
That is dead-wrong!
The same way that ordinary people nearly elected Ollie North, and elected Tom Coburn, and got rid of so much dead weight during the 1994 elections...
The reason that body is so unaccountable is because people allow it to be so.