We can do better than Hillary Clinton.

[MADem]

347. All politics is local.

Quite recently, in fact, they ran a liberal Vietnam-era war hero in Nebraska named Bob Kerrey who had a strong record of service to the state, a superb reputation world-wide, and a lot of clout, and the voters rejected him for being "too liberal."

They chose a conservative--a darling of Sarah Palin, who helped the campaign-- instead.

If we apportioned SENATORS the way we apportion representatives, your statement might be true. Wyoming would have to share a Senator with another state, and NYC would have a dozen. But they don't do it that way, and so long as they don't do it that way, this country will--like it or not--remain center right, at least for the purposes of laws getting passed.

It's not a question of "tricking" voters--it's how the very system itself is rigged.