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This was the original discussion thread back from January on Blankley’s article. I was just as aggressively defending the 17th in that thread, making the same points as I have here, with a special emphasis on the fact that the 17th enables the Republican party to conceivably be competitive in every state to elect a Senator. Repeal of the 17th would immediately make it impossible in roughly 29 states for the Republicans to win a seat. Do the math and that means we couldn’t win but 1 more seat than we currently have — a potential permanent minority.

As for my voting with my feet, I don’t have the means or capability to do so at present.

Thank you for the thread link. Good read.

First off, be they republican, democrat, whatever part I don't care. I want a person with a conservative mindset as my Senator. By and large that usually means a republican, but not exclusively.

I appreciate your static analysis of the current make up of each states legislative bodies. I disagree that those are permanent numbers however.
Given enough time, they will self correct to what I believe to be a majority of the countries political philosophy.

The problem being it may not happen in my lifetime. I'm willing to wait, but many are not given the "I want it now" mentality of this generation.

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This was the original discussion thread back from January on Blankley’s article. I was just as aggressively defending the 17th in that thread, making the same points as I have here, with a special emphasis on the fact that the 17th enables the Republican party to conceivably be competitive in every state to elect a Senator. Repeal of the 17th would immediately make it impossible in roughly 29 states for the Republicans to win a seat. Do the math and that means we couldn’t win but 1 more seat than we currently have — a potential permanent minority.

As for my voting with my feet, I don’t have the means or capability to do so at present.

My what a difference a few months make, wouldn't you agree?

From NationalJournal:

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Republicans picked up 680 seats in state legislatures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures -- the most in the modern era.

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The GOP gained majorities in at least 14 state house chambers. They now have unified control -- meaning both chambers -- of 26 state legislatures.