[Gunslingr3]

That said, Keyes will blow the dabate wide open, and will force Obama to expose himself for the liberal he is. It won't help Keyes win, but what it will do is take the "shine" off of Obama on a National Level.

Good point. I do loathe what the 17th amendment has done to the nature of our Republic.

[lone star annie]

The 17th Amendment has been a total failure. Everytime we go against the intent of the Founding Fathers we screw up big time. I would fight to the death to keep the Electoral College and we need to repeal the 17th.

Popular election of Senators is a travesty to our representative republic. In states like CA, MI, IL, NY it gives the liberal Socialist hell holes total control of Senate elections. That is how we get the dregs we do in the Senate.