With rare exceptions, nobody more “conservative” than John McCain or Lindsay Graham would ever be elected to the Senate.
At least with the current system, the voters have the option of neutralizing all the special interest money by simply ignoring all the media propaganda purchased with it.
Also, if you think you have earmark problems now, wait until each Senator is beholden to dozens of corrupt state legislators, all demanding pork for their districts and their friends and relatives.
In theory, the Senators would represent their states. In the real world they would represent the special interests and the party bosses even more than they do now.
Miller is a perfect example. If the Alaska legislature picked the Senators a Murkowski would probably hold BOTH seats.
The only upside I see is that it might cause voters to pay closer attention to who they elect to their state legislators.
Agreed. Obviously it’s risky business either way, but how happy are we now when a governor chooses a replacement and we have no say until the next election? I doubt Kennedy’s seat would’ve gone to Brown.
Wow, you know more than the Founding Fathers.