[Mr Rogers]

I think the problem is the Anti-Federalists were right.

[aruanan]

I think the problem is the Anti-Federalists were right.
Yep. A federation of states is one thing. A government that reduces the states to different toppings on a federally-mandated cookie recipe is entirely another.

The 17th Amendment was a big mistake, though it was pushed through by folks who were against the counterweight that powerful states or coalitions of states over whatever was important to them could provide against an expansionist federal government.