Every time I think of repealing the 17th, the Blagojevich’s Illinois senate auction comes to mind .
GMTA. LOL!
They are different things.
In Blago's case, he was filling a vacancy and the authority to appoint the Senator was solely his.
In the normal case prior to the 17th, it was the authority of the legislature as an entire body, not the Governor as an individual. There would have been many more checks and balances in the process.
-PJ