It's time for AMERICANS to take back AMERICA.
I just find this thread confusing. On one hand you have folks shouting "Screw the politicians, take back America" while on the other hand you have others declaring that the 17th Amendment has to be repealed, that U.S. Senators should be elected by state legislatures (i.e., other politicians) rather than directly by citizens.
Why on earth would any citizen give up the right to directly vote for their own U.S. Senator? Folks advocating that are living in a dream world. Ain't gonna happen.
Education has to be a big part of the 17A repeal. When more folks understand Constitutional mechanics, they will realize that the extra gear in between the people and the federales, in the case of the Senate, is proper and necessary. It must be understood by the people, they are not giving up their vote for Senator... merely, allowing their vote to go thru a "prism" to collect a state perspective.