With the 17th Amendment we changed overnight from a federal to a democratic republic. Just as our Framers knew in 1787, Libs knew in 1913 and today, that excess popular participation in government eventually leads to turmoil, anarchy, followed by strong man despotism.
The wonder is that it took so long for an Obama to appear.
Well, we did have Klinton, but he lost track and was too busy chasing women to do that damage that the Muzzie is doing.