Like I said it is not a static situation. Repealing the 17th would put a whole new spin on state politics, I feel decentralizing the power of the cities over suburban and rural voters. Individual legislatures would have much more attention and that would be a good thing. As it is now the states have such little power it is almost a joke, the exact opposite of the design of the original republic.
Pure assumption on your part. We have given you REAL world examples of the current makeup of state legislatures showing why that wouldn't happen, and you choose to ignore it because it doesn't fit your "state legislatures will magically revert back to the way they were in 1789" fantasy. Voters "Paying more attention" to candidates won't do a damned thing to stop court ordered gerrymanders rigged to elect one party and give big city machines total control of state government.
You choose to insult any of us who aren't from a GOP state, because you want to maintain your fantasy that most states are solidly Republican and non-corrupt even though the election results show otherwise. Fieldmarshaldj is from Tennessee, which last time I checked votes solidly Republican in both Presidential and statewide contests, and he wouldn't benefit your plan EITHER because he is likewise gerrymandered into a black urban state legislative district that blindly elects any "D" no matter what. I'm sure your solution is to have him "MOVE!" as well. Millions of Americans should all relocate so we don't have to suffer from your efforts to empower thousands of corrupt politicians.
Well, sorry, not gonna happen, and that's why you anti-17ers don't have a snowball's chance of hell of taking power away from the people and giving it to career politicians. Good day, sir!