The character of the voter has changed. The 17th put a process in motion that took a few years to realize its power of corrupting the senate - the courts were then corrupted by the senate. Without educating the public, and convincing them to start acting like they’re interested in this nation’s future, going back to a pre-17 senate would we worthless.
Trump’s biggest success now is his judicial appointments. Thank God he’s doing this instead of Hillary.
I think you'd have to toss a grenade in the teachers union tent, clean up public education (vouchers?) and then wait for more educated kids started coming out the back end of K-12.