Chafee is a Republican because his father was a Republican. It's a Rhode Island thing, or maybe it's a New England thing, but it's amazing how much some of us hate change. Chafee seems to embrace change, though, so I'm thinking it's out of some kind of family loyalty. John Chafee was a pretty cool guy in his own right, as well. I would have most likely voted for him, too. I think I did once, actually, years ago. This would have been before he died, of course. *g*
Canada's senatorial system is really different from ours. I don't even pretend to understand it, because I barely understand ours. I do like our equal representation, though. I live in the smallest state in the US, we have the same amount of representation in Washington as California or Texas or Alaska. Exactly what kind of influence that representation has is sort of dependent on the politicians from each state, but still. Some states still are poorer than others, though, so I dunno. I suppose that in Canada I'd be worse off politically living in the Maritimes, because there's got to be a correlation between the relatively tiny amount of representation they have and the economic struggles they've had in the past. But like I said, I barely understand my own country's politics, and our economics even less, so I'm sure I'm completely talking through my hat in this case.
I think whether politicians are appointed or elected, they're mostly going to do what's in their best interest, which means that they don't usually vote their conscience, they vote their meal ticket. That sounds horribly cynical, but mneh. I'm from New England, and we're genetically cynical. *g*
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Date: 2006-11-07 10:00 pm (UTC)Canada's senatorial system is really different from ours. I don't even pretend to understand it, because I barely understand ours. I do like our equal representation, though. I live in the smallest state in the US, we have the same amount of representation in Washington as California or Texas or Alaska. Exactly what kind of influence that representation has is sort of dependent on the politicians from each state, but still. Some states still are poorer than others, though, so I dunno. I suppose that in Canada I'd be worse off politically living in the Maritimes, because there's got to be a correlation between the relatively tiny amount of representation they have and the economic struggles they've had in the past. But like I said, I barely understand my own country's politics, and our economics even less, so I'm sure I'm completely talking through my hat in this case.
I think whether politicians are appointed or elected, they're mostly going to do what's in their best interest, which means that they don't usually vote their conscience, they vote their meal ticket. That sounds horribly cynical, but mneh. I'm from New England, and we're genetically cynical. *g*