Why should Connecticut have 2 senators anyway?

[undeterred]

They're just an eensty beentsy little state... they should only get one Senator. That way New York or California could have 3.

:kick:

[SteppingRazor]

1. Yeah! At least one house of Congress should be based on state population!

Oh ... wait.

[undeterred]

2. States who consistently elect troublemakers

should forfeit their 2 Senator representation.

[SteppingRazor]

3. By that rationale, Connecticut would be way down the list.

First place would be Oklahoma or something. And besides, who gets to decide which senators are "troublemakers"? When Republicans are in charge, do they get to remove Bernie Sanders? After all, Vermont's just a tiny, little state.

[undeterred]

4. I guess tongue in cheek is a fail around here.

Never mind.

[SteppingRazor]

6. I know you're not being totally serious.

Or even, you know, serious at all. I'm just saying Joe's a pain in the neck, but he's hardly the worst thing in the Senate. Hell, Joe Lieberman's worth about 20 James Inhofes.

[Jersey Devil]

8. lol, well at least today it is

Yep, sarcasm rarely works on an internet bulletin board.

[Arkana]

5. If that were the case Massachusetts would have lost representation

a long time ago. :evilgrin:

[damntexdem]

7. Because the Constitution says so -- and also says that requirement cannot be amended.

Although it might be possible to first amend away the provision disallowing amendment of the equal representation by senators, then amending the latter. But there's no way the 13 smallest states would ratify, so it ain't going to happen.

Much easier to vote out LIEberman.

[iconocrastic]

9. We don't need no freakin' constitution.

[JVS]

12. We could use a new one

[polmaven]

13. We didn't have one for eight years....

Look how well THAT worked out!

[JVS]

11. The constitution is outdated, and it isn't easy to vote out Lieberman because most of us have no...

vote in the election that puts him above us

[JVS]

10. There shouldn't even be a Senate. The bicameral legislature is a vestige of the House of Lords.

Or, if one insists on preserving a senate, it should be elected at the national level (like president is)