I do hate the Senate . I don ' t think American democracy scales as well as the Founding Fathers thought it could . Look at the current Senate , they refuse to even hold hearings for a Supreme Court nominee because they are more concerned about politics than about governing the nation . Not many if any that I am aware of other Western Democracies utilize our system and they often get things done universal healthcare , better worker ' s rights , higher standards of living , better levels of happiness . We ' ve had the concept that America is the greatest country beat into our heads our entire life without ever questioning whether or not it is , because doing so brands someone as unpatriotic and they are told to love it or leave it . So yes , I hate the Senate , I think they are the primary bottleneck to effective government in this country . We ' ve only had direct election of Senators for just over 100 years .