Virginia is a perfect example of why the 17th amendment is truly evil. The VA state legislature is overwhelmingly conservative. If the 17th amendment were to be repealed the VA state legislature would replace both of our current Democrat lunes with sold Conservative Republicans. The 17th and the 16th A’s need to be repealed.
What happens when the lune majority realize that the state legislature isn't voting their way?
There's the beauty in the repeal. The Dems are crammed in just a few counties. They are screwed in a scenario where the state legislature elects Senators.
Either way we have a redundant democratically elected legislature right now at the Federal level. Either ditch the Senate or repeal the 17th.
17 posted on 01/15/2015 3:23:16 PM PST by central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)