I live in a Dem state...Ohio-Voinivich is retiring. We may be able to elect a Repub...if we let the state handle it, We’d get a Dem for sure...no thanks. This would not make us more free-less I fear.
I didn’t say it would be easy. It will take lots of work to turn state governments around but it would be well worth the effort.
The states need a voice in the federal government like our founders intended. That way the states wouldn’t be railroaded into accepting federal mandates. The states would be there to keep a balance on things.
As I said, it’s not easy but freedom isn’t free, as is often stated. Too many people, Republicans included, have given up on paying attention to their state governments and have concentrated on the federal level. There is the problem.
My state, Missouri, was long a democratic stronghold. Now, we have a Republican house and senate in this state and have had for quite a few years now. It took a long time and lots of hard work but it was worth it. If the 17th had been repealed, my state wouldn’t have McCaskill as a senator. And we wouldn’t be known as a state that elected a dead guy to the Senate a few years back.
You’re thinking Short term, in the long run you’d end up with a much more conservative senate (meaning they’d want a difused governemtn where more power in the hands of the states, than the federal central government). It’s much easier to controll your state capital than Capital Hill!
The GOP majority in the Ohio Senate is greater than the rat edge in the House so the legislature would elect a Republican.