The Senate's 46 Democrats got 20 million more votes than its 54 Republicans

[SpankMe]

47. You are correct, and this is a good point.

But the Senate was supposed to be "the deliberative body", which is a politically correct way of saying "a chamber of more aristocratic smart guys to keep the mob rule of the house in check". The senate was supposed to be a much less partisan body that would keep crazy legislation from getting to the president if the house became full of whack jobs. Even in a divided senate, much of the legislation used to be passed or defeated with a pretty decent bipartisan vote.

But the caliber and operational deliberative-ness of the senate has now deteriorated to the same level it is in the house. Most votes are now completely split down party lines (usually with Republicans employing a fuck-Obama strategy instead of actually addressing the problems of the country). And Republicans are electing idiots instead of intellectuals to represent their states in the senate. (Merely looking at any picture of Ted Cruz confirms this.)

So, now that the senate has become merely an extension of the house, from a functional standpoint and from a standpoint of intellectual caliber, it just seems tragic that the numbers are this out of whack.

It's understandable that many would react to these statistics as if they did represent some level of corruption among Republicans as it seems at first glance to violate the general principles of a democracy - even though, as you point out, it really doesn't, and is just the way the numbers fell out.