Reply #8: That would defeat the point of the Senate

[Hippo_Tron]

The Senate was created the way it was for two reasons. One as a compromise, to prevent big states from having all of the power. Two, it was created as a way to slow down legislation so that nothing too radical would happen too quickly. This is why there are only two senators from each state, why they have 6 year terms, and why they are a smaller body.

Of course, the reality is that Senators are more vulnerable for re-election than Congressmen are, which is exactly the opposite of how it was intended to be.