I covered a lot of that in this thread, Laz...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2986688/posts
Short version: the bossism, bribery, puppetry, special interests, corruption and arrogance did in the Senate under the legislatively-elected era. Most of your Senate giants that some around here think would magically reappear with repeal ended before the Civil War occurred.
One of the key elements of “recalling” Senators (which wasn’t an actual feature, since that would mean impeachment, and only the U.S. Senate could do that — it was a gentleman’s agreement to step down if asked) that wouldn’t obey the instructions of a given legislature all but stopped before the 1850s. Once elected to a six-year term, they would cling to their seats even if the legislature hated their guts.
In Georgia, as with my Texas example further up in the thread, you wouldn’t be electing Ted Cruz types, but more replicas of Saxby Chambliss and Isakson. No Conservatives need apply. Even up here in TN, Lamar! and Corker would be perpetually safe. It’s the primary process that needs changing.
There has been some conversation regarding the primary process since our last set of losses. I have not researched who is proposing, what is being proposed, nor how that is supposed to help us elect Conservatives. I do not have any links either. Dang, am no help but am willing to type what I know, have heard or read, and will sit down and shut the heck up till I may add something productive. May not see me for a long long while (maybe six months) but I'll be here.
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