[vetvetdoug]

The 17th Amendment undermined the strength of the states with respect to the Federal Government. It also allowed pieces of excrement like Cochran and Wicker from Mississippi to vote against the will of the people of the state they are supposed to represent with little to no checks and balances and misuse of the trust of the people that put them there.

[YankeeinOkieville]

... Cochran and Wicker from Mississippi ...

Wasn't it the state political machine in Mississippi that gave it back to Cochran when the people tried to get rid of him? That would seem a vote for the 17th.

Hopefully, if the good people of the Magnolia State paid attention to who all was involved in this unscrupulous stunt and do a little house cleaning of their own.