The USA Senate as a great deliberative group is a joke on the USA

More and more they come across as politicians with a longer time between elections. That is as the founding fathers intended. But these days the normal 1/3 up for reelection every two years seem more like House Representatives. So much for reflection and deliberation, and more to survival as a politician from where ever. Just who invented the idea of this group of Americans as some great deliberative group should get some award. Maybe they borrowed the Roman Senate idea, and of course Rome went down the tubes.

Most would expect such a deliberative group to discuss and debate the Iraq issues from a National point of view, that is what is in our National interests. When that happens, it appears, hell will freeze over. Until then things are more like inside D.C. pressures and the insidious influence of the media types. Apparently they have more influence than the common citizens who think National interest first, and of course vote.

One wonders about the quality of our national leaders we have elected? Did most Senators assume their main job was home matters and to distribute the national wealth? Now that our Nation has been attacked, do many know how to think and vote in the national interests. The evidence is simple as few speak about our nation and many speak about the veracity of the enemies who want to change our way of life. More appalling is the total lack of discussion in this great deliberative body about the consequences of pulling out of Iraq, and some time table.

Mismanagement of the Iraq war is no excuse to take the course of action of quitting. Our national interest is just that. There is a long term national interest in fighting and winning the war against those who also share a long term vision to terminate us. This is not a hearts or minds thing, it is survival. And the USA Senate today is in need of some replacement.