Assignment #5 Carly C

The author of this news item is George F. Will, with the Washington Post. The writer comes off as angry and cynical. He points out many times in his writing that we are ignoring the Constitution. His argument I believe is against the Senate and the way they ignore the Constitution in the sense they ignore the fact that it says the people must vote in a senator. Also the fact that the states in themselves are becoming stronger, the principle of separation of powers. I believe the audience this article was aimed towards was the people, it seemed to inform them of what is going on and the way he compares and contrasts.