[conservatism_IS_compassion]

does anyone seriously think that the present California state legislature, for example, would elect anyone different than Boxer or Feinstein?

The irony is that while the legislature of a state has little to say about the US Senate, it can influence its congressional delegation by redrawing district lines.

[rellimpank]

—yep—and many of them have certainly done that—in a manner intended to protect incumbents, always-—

[bIlluminati]

The irony is that while the legislature of a state has little to say about the US Senate, it can influence its congressional delegation by redrawing district lines.

Over the past 60 years, Republicans have controlled the U.S. Senate a lot more than the U.S. House.

The reason? It's a lot harder to gerrymander a state.