re: #26 Hecuba’s daughter

This might be mitigated as some of the large RED states start going purple and finally blue. Of course this doesn’t change the structural inbalance but it changes the political imbalance.

Of course, the real issue is that the Senate has the power of appointments unchecked by the House, and the House’s main differentiator, the power to introduce spending bills is counteracted by the usual Senate blockage.

The imbalance could be mitigated, by giving the House a block on appointments. That introduces more gridlock, but __might__* force the House and Senate to actually work, if the Senate can’t do anything while completely blocking the House’s agenda.

But of course, this would require a constitutional amendment, so we have the same problem again.

*I know, I’m optimistic, but even Mitch McConnell would be furious if he couldn’t get a single judicial appointment through…