[nickcarraway]

Just because they are bad now, doesn't mean they couldn't be worse. Do you honestly believe that state legislators would ever pick someone more conservative than the pub;lic? Impossible.

[pjd]

Just because they are bad now, doesn't mean they couldn't be worse. Do you honestly believe that state legislators would ever pick someone more conservative than the pub;lic? Impossible.

It's not a question of being Conservatism. Before the 17th amendment, a Senator's constituency was his state legislature and there was incentive to keep power in the states. But now that Senators are elected the same as Representatives, they are divorced from the needs of the state. To get re-elected, they do what Reps do. They promise freebies to the people. To do that they have a vested interest in bringing more power going to the Federal government so that they have more candy to give away.

That's the problem. Senators used to stand against expansion of the Central Government. Now they are cheerleaders for it.