So much for her “independence.”
Claire is an idiot. She is a glaring example why the 17th amendment is a major contributor to our loss of a ‘republic’ which we were blessed with.
Look at MO (and other states apply)...no way the state legislature of MO which is like 75% republican would send a Dem hack like Claire to DC to represent the STATES interests.
The founders were prescient...they established a system where the HOR represented the people, the Senate was supposed to represent the states, and the POTUS was a hybrid...popularly elected, however through the Electoral College. Basically, the 17th amendment rendered the STATES themselves without representation and made them largely irrelevant.
I hope the Missou GOP is as wildly successful in 2012 as the were this year.
The rats lost every state senate seat outside of the St Louis and Kansas City ares for an over 2/3 GOP edge, with the state house being just shy of 2/3 GOP.