“Let politicians do the choosing, really? REALLY?”
Some people cannot see past the immediate future when they want a law a certain way.
An officer of the Texas Republican Party called one year about a rule the Texas Senate wanted to put in place. I told her that would be fine if Republicans were always the majority but did she want a Democrat majority in the senate to have this power? She said absolutely not and changed her mind about this being a good rule and spoke against it from that time forward.
You see, laws and rules stay in place (most of the time), and both parties have to go by those laws/rules - never make one that would put your party at a disadvantage if the other party became the majority. Always make sure rules/laws are fair to both parties (unfortunately, many do not want to do that).
Good posting, Marcella. I appreciate your history of being active in Texas politics.