I guess it didn’t occur to her that they had just won independence from a monarchy. That might skew your thinking towards having separation of powers, just maybe. What an idiot!
Didn’t McCaskill fall into her plumb sinecure by playing on people’s sympathies after her husband died; and wasn’t that senate seat basically HANDED to her?
If so, and I think that’s the case, she never earned it fair and square; and was not qualified for it, anyway.
Something acquired undeservedly is usually held in low esteem, compensurate with the low level of diligence, if any, expended in earning it; of which she expended none. Not that one could notice, anyway. IMHO.