I agree that the fight must now be fought at the state level. It's all we curently have between us and the federal monster chewing up our nation against our will. Our federal representation at the House and Senate levels have been non-existant for the past forty years. Sadly, too many have just now realized this. Our founders gave us the tenth amendment with good reason. We must work to overturn the seventeenth amendment either by actual amendment or by instituting state election/selection procedures which qualify under it's current "popular vote" requirements.
Recall drives which might work to alter the balance of power in D.C. also are an option.
That's pretty much the way I see it. The states should have balked a long time ago at the unconstitutional mandates handed down from the Mount in DC. I'm sure books could be written explaining why it didn't happen. Then again, there might be a simple explanation. I suspect once the federales got their nose under the tent, say, back during the other depression(maybe before?), they marveled at how easy it was to slip a little socialism into our republic. Apparently neither the states nor "We the People" made much noise, but not being much of a student of history, I don't know that with any certainty. Fact is, there wasn't another civil war over it so as far as the feral government was concerned, "No harm, no foul"???
We must work to overturn the seventeenth amendment either by actual amendment or by instituting state election/selection procedures which qualify under it's current "popular vote" requirements.
JMO, but I'm not convinced it would make much difference in the overall scheme of things, but it certainly wouldn't hurt the conservative cause. I'm sure the Founders probably got it right re choosing senators but aside from relieving the state legislatures of some of their rights and some technical merits I don't see it as a major problem. Just a problem.
Recall drives which might work to alter the balance of power in D.C. also are an option.
Doubt you could get enough people involved unless things get a LOT worse, but whadda I know. Iceland is having some fun these days, eh?