It wasn’t really meant to be a compromise proposal as it was a chance to get people to think about what could happen if they acutally got what they thought they wanted. they thought they wanted a popularly elected Senator, and wht they got was the lesser Senator who could not be disciplined or removedd for misconduct and misrepresentation. Likewise with all of the proposals. They keep trying to find a way to rig the system so their candidate will be the one elected, but they fail to recognize what the consequences can be after they get what they thought they wanted.
In other words, the proposal wasn;t meant to be a serious one.
I thought the idea was that blue states appoint their blue senators and red states likewise. I’m fine with that, and all the consequences, which by your observance, a state legislature can recall a senator at their will.
Last time I looked there were more red states with more republican governors than blue states. The country mice can’t outvote the city mice so unless there is a legislative balance shift ( repeal of 17th - wholely unlikely ) or we change to a congressional district electoral system - the democrats are going to be in control of two-thirds of our gov’t for a long long time.