Couldn’t disagree more on repealing 17th. State legislators are just as corrupt as feds. You want them appointing our senators? At least now, we have a little bit of say in it. Take IL for example. For decades run by the most corrupt partisan democrat boss michael madigan, or WI with the ‘republican’ that won’t follow up on vote fraud. No thanks.
What needs to be talked about and dealt with is repeal of the insane SCOTUS ruling in the 60s that said state senators had to be elected the same way state Representatives are elected instead of allowing each county in a state have senators. This is why all of the blue states are completely dominated by big cities.
The purpose of the House was to represent the interest of the States and the purpose of the senate was to represent the interest of the people. The system was designed to be a series of check and balances on powers and interests. The 17th amendment removed one of the checks and balances. Very few people would argue that our government has improved (with a few exceptions) over the last 110 years, and the 17th amendment while probably not a root cause, is definitely part of the problem.