Mitch McConnell quitting as Minority Leader

[SunsetBengal]

(03-05-2024, 03:38 AM)hollodero Wrote: Well, it's that and also the fact that you get exactly two options to choose from and most people have learned to despise the other side. What is a conservative person supposed to do when their republican senator gets too old? Vote for the liberal leftie?

It boils down to campaign finances.  Once an elected official gets in and makes a few connected happy by voting for their particular policy choices, the campaign donation start flowing in like a tsunami, leaving any potential primary challengers with the slimmest of chances of getting seen/heard/known, no matter how sound their character or potential solutions may be.

Some of this can be solved by defrocking the RNC and DNC, and relieving them of having the power of naming the nominees for General Elections.