[Cboldt]

What could motivate 2/3rds of the present Senators (or any group of future Senators) to propose a repeal of the 17th? My sense is that they like the system just the way it is.

The alternative of having 2/3rds of the states requesting a Constitutional Convention is a bit frightening, who knows what would come out of that (tightening tinfoil hat).

[Political Junkie Too]

What could motivate 2/3rds of the present Senators (or any group of future Senators) to propose a repeal of the 17th? My sense is that they like the system just the way it is.

Absolutely.

It would have to start in the House of Representatives. Then, a grass-roots campaign in the states would have to cause a ground-swell of support in their Legislatures. Finally, the Senate would have to be confronted with the question, "Why are you afraid of your own state legislatures? Why do you think that your own state would refuse to appoint you?"

-PJ