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Please take this off topic semi-coherent drivel and irrelevant YouTube link elsewhere.

Senator Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War veteran, a "loser" and "sucker" according to Trump.

Obama's zinger about Trump's obsession with crowd sizes is destined to become a classic..

Well, he does have larger boobs.

It's actually a pretty good question. As the Professor pointed out, it was put in place 235 years ago, but a bunch of guys with good intentions but very little practical experience (nobody had any) in setting up a government "of, by and for the people". The six year, overlapping terms guarantee some continuity, some experience in place. While it's possible for some sort of 'populist revolt' to peacefully take over congress in one election (not really going to happen, but theoretically possible), it would take THREE major biennial elections to overturn the Senate. Also, the two houses (and the executive branch) represented 3 different interests. The House represents 'the people'. Originally direct elections, representation based on population. The Senate represents 'the states'. Originally elected by state legislature. Each state has equal representation. The President represents 'the country'. Indirectly elected by the people, then the electoral college. One person. While he (or potentially she) has quite a lot to do domestically, one of the big jobs is to be 'the face' of the country internationally (although the Senate has to ratify any treaties with other countries). All of it is part of the 'checks and balances' the founders tried to put in place. They really wanted to keep one person from taking over. It worked imperfectly, but pretty well, until the Rs decided to cheat.

Q: How do you get 200 Canadians out of a pool? A: Say "Please get out of the pool."

Because a lot of long dead dudes thought it was a good idea at the time. Some of their ideas, such as the Electoral College, are just plain stupid.

Good point dear Wolfriverjoe, During one rigger course, I was feeling mischievous, so assigned a "gear selection exercise" that included a student whose objective was to do wingsuit BASE jumps. Most rigger candidates recommended a plan to down-size, but the brightest student suggested buying a large 7-cell loaded at 0.7 pounds per square foot. During another rigger course, I assigned s similar "gear selection exercise" and one (British) rigger candidate was OUTRAGED that I would mention the word "BASE" during a CSPA course. Hah! Hah! Bottom line, seriously consider WHY you want to down-size. Down-sizing may not be in the best interests of a student who plans to do BASE, precision landing competition or exhibition jumps into tight stadiums.

That's not praise. Please try to stay on topic. And most likely she will serve 8 years as POTUS and leave a record of extreme competence.