I'd like to think we could agree that the Senate has become more politicized in the last few decades. I think where we disagree is what to do about it. There

I'd like to think we could agree that the Senate has become more politicized in the last few decades. I think where we disagree is what to do about it. There seems to be this prevailing cultural view that a democratic election is always good and always produces wise and just results. Where as people like me are fearful of what starts as the wise vox populi devolves into a crowd, transforms into an angry mob, and then the fun really begins! I always like a line that was attributed to George Washington... "George Washington is said to have told Jefferson that the framers had created the Senate to 'cool' House legislation just as a saucer was used to cool hot tea." By directly electing Senators, we have reduced that cooling function.