re: Why aren't these conservative geniuses talking about repealing the 17th?

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And then, not to belabor my point, there is this. We want to end the 17th and complain about this? - congnitive dissonance! LINK /

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I wonder though.

It seems that the strongest deviations from party on both sides are more local.

They may still use the party moniker, but, it's fair to say there are some places where the liberals or conservatives dominate that barely meet the definition of "Republican or Democrat" on a national level.

Like I said, that's why I prefer repeal of the 17th. Not for the short term, "Oh good, 60+ in the Senate" but for what I believe would be a shift in the focus of Americans in terms of politics.

Today, we are almost exclusively focused on the Presidency.

Hell. I'm convinced you could hold a theoretical election where a party won the Presidency while losing 10 Senate seats and losing control of the house and the people of the President's party would be cheering and the other party would be all gloomy.

That's just busted.

And yes. For the love of Pete, can football get here already!