Yes. But have you considered that those state legislatures would pick someone to the left of the voters every time. No one to the right of Dianne Feinstein would ever be in the Senate again.
“No one to the right of Dianne Feinstein would ever be in the Senate again.”
Perhaps that problem could be solved by requiring the first Senate seat to be appointed by the state assembly majority leader and the second seat appointed by the state assembly minority leader?
That’s why we need to clean out the legisl00tures and the Republican party before actually repealing the 17th. Nothing like a crony Senate.
You mean in places like CA, IL, NJ, and NY? They will not be elected either. I say repeal: Original intent of the Founders — they apparently had their reasons.
And, no: It will not be perfect — not by a longshot.
However, it is almost guaranteed to heighten interest in local races.....
I don’t think that’s the case. Regardless, the state of government is a reflection of our collective consciousness - and that’s in a pretty sorry state right now.
There are more state legislatures with a Republican majority (29 Republican vs 20 Democrat) and it’s 2014 yet.