[fieldmarshaldj]

You’ll never get to the Founders’ vision on this one. It was tried and it didn’t work. There’s a reason that body degraded over the course of the 19th century that prompted the 17th to be passed. It also requires blind trust in our state legislators, and I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw ‘em.

[no-to-illegals]

Many of our state legislators have followed the path to D.C. or stayed a lifetime in the state legislating. Your point is valid. I know this has been cussed and discussed over and over again. What keeps these people in power? Is it simply our own laziness? I plead guilty, if this is the cause of career politicians we have not unelected or never remove. Another problem is each of us is only one.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Then there is absolutely no way, barring a miracle sea change in political thought, to avoid complete centralization of our government. Without the link to the states, it will be inevitable.

Now gimme my Obama phone!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

That’s why I said CLEAN OUT THE LEGISLATURES FIRST! I wouldn’t trust most legisl00ters to park a car in my driveway right now.

[Lazamataz]

You’ll never get to the Founders’ vision on this one. It was tried and it didn’t work. There’s a reason that body degraded over the course of the 19th century that prompted the 17th to be passed.

Would you be so kind as to provide more depth and exploration to this comment?