the 17th amendment is a perfect example of what is wrong with pure democracy where senators are elected by popular vote. It was sold as snake oil that promised to empower the people but what it really did was stripped power from the state.
We have a solidly republican state where Flint, Ann Arbor, and Detroit elect democrat senators who override us from the federal level.
45 posted on 10/27/2012 7:08:31 PM PDT by cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
