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The main impact of the midterm election in the modern era has been to weaken the president, the only government official (other than the powerless vice president) elected by the entire nation.

That's not quite true, nor was it intended to be that way. The electoral college is fine aside from the fact that winner take all states are a bad idea.

The representatives are the ones who most closely represent the will of the voters down to the smallest number of individuals.

The senate is supposed to represent the states and if not for the 17th amendment should nearly mirror the house. Unfortunately both sides in the senate are addicted and protective of the DC centric power. Its one of the reasons I believe the GOP was so quick to throw Terri Land and anchor in Michigan. She talks a lot about returning the powers to the states and letting the states keep more of their own money to provide for their own infrastructure needs.

Not to mention the fact that the NY Slimes was probably in the forefront of media shills calling for the abolition of the Electoral College in the aftermath of the 2000 election fiasco in which Al Gore tried to steal the Presidency.