re: #65 wrenchwench

Voters should tell their senators that the rule is stupid, obstructionist, cowardly (because of the anonymity part) and that it should be changed. Would you be in favor of that?

I don’t think about it, since the voters’ options are very limited. Only 1/3 of the Senate is up for reelection in any given cycle and even if that entire group was replaced most of their replacements would keep the rule. The Senate can almost always outlast an agitated public, and frankly it was designed to be able to do so.