Disagree with that. You'll just bribe Blagojevich then you'll get a Senator you'll want to replace Obama.
The purpose of direct election of Senators is to reduce corruption.
Completely wrong!
Before the 17th there was less Senate corruption then after it and certainly not as much as now. (It wasn’t zero but I think I can show it was less!) The need to raise multimillion dollar reelection portfolios introduces far more corruption then influencing a few legislators. You also don’t likely need Senate term limits. Every legislator and state Grand PooH-Bah will see himself/herself in that seat. There will be plenty of competition for it! It will make the governor & the legislature the centers of power in the state. It will be harder to get out-of-state assholes like RFK Sr, Hellary Clinton and others to come into a state where they have no history and to park themselves in that seat for their personal political ambitions. A senator will go back to being the representative of the state AS A INSTITUTION AS THE FOUNDING FATRHERS INTENDED! The senator will not just be another political hack!
Also it will have the happy effect of reducing the partisanship in the Senate. (It will not eliminate it!) A Senator will not just be a “at-large-congresscriter” who serves 6 years like they are now! The whole dynamic of the politics of the Senate and its relations to the House and the executive will change. I think to the better!