>You're confusing two separate features of the Senate. Madison et al. didn't
>think that the Senate would act as a check on popular will because it
>overrepresented the citizens of small states.
We're talking about the way things have worked out over time.
>They thought it would because Senators were designed to be less
>directly accountable to the
>citizens of their states, whether big or small,
Which is precisely what Doug said:
>The whole point of the Senate is to act as an
>elite check on popular sentiments.