[philman_36]

I say repeal the 17th Amendment. The FF knew what they were doing.
The State's legislatures should still be the ones electing Senators. If they held "the reins of power" over these folks we wouldn't be in the mess we're in today.

[monkeyshine]

I'm 100% with you on that. That is in big part what FreeRepublic stands for. Repeal the 17th Amendment, and the 16th Amendment too.

The FF's were right. The politicians sold us on the 17th amendment by saying it gave more power to the people. FALSE. It gave more power to the political parties and the Federal Government.