[Cincinatus' Wife]

Perhaps my reading of your comment was due to the frequent and cavalier way “RINO” has been tossed around lately.

I think the Left is delighted in the fights.

[5thGenTexan]

The problem is close to 100% of the Congressional staffers for all parties in DC are people who believe in centralized government. They have made it their life's work by definition.

That belief is so pervasive, it has the power to corrupt even well-intentioned politicians who go there with a desire to change it.

Power Corrupts.

That's why I am for repealing the 17th Amendment - Senate appointment was Jefferson's attempt to create an outside of Washington balancing force by using the State government's lust for power as a check against the Federal government's lust.