[Arthur Wildfire! March]

The 17th Amendment was a democratic ideal, to give each person more of a voice. That was too soon. It was only recently that people were informed enough to counter the huge war chests of corrupt senators without a miracle. The time for going back to state appointments has passed. It's looking backwards rather than forwards. Voters are generally more informed now. The trend has been that voters will be even more informed in the future. FReegards....

[robertpaulsen]

Then why have senators at all? The people already vote for a representative in Washington; voting for a senator is mere duplication.

With more and more senators receiving campaign contributions from out of state, they are even less likely to represent the interests of their state, which was the original intent of the framers.

[monocle]

I view the US Constitution as a contract or compact among three parties - the federal government, the people and the states. The federal government is represented by the Presidency, the people by the House and the states by the Senate. The Seventeenth Amendment disrupted this balance of power, particularly in light of the supremacy clause and the doctrine of pre-emption.

[Principled]

Voters are generally more informed now.

...informed on WWF and where to buy the cheapest Budweiser.