I would think that ANYTHING would be better than what we have now which is an out of touch oligarchical Senate. It seems a common thread that progressives, like you, love centralized power. A dictatorial fetish is a very unpopular trait to exhibit on a website called "FREE REPUBLIC".
I don’t defend the status quo, nor do I defend the monstrosity in Washington. I debunk the notion that the 17th was a bad idea. I’ve offered numerous suggestions for changing the system. Changing Senators from being elected by the people to being elected by corrupt and statist legislators is no panacea. In fact, all you’ve done is turned something from bad to worse.