Quote:I think, instead of giving more power to the people, repealing the 17th Amendment would give more power to the legislatures.   To me, that seems to put more power into the hands of the politicians and less into the hands of the people.   If I can't vote directly for my Senator, but instead I have to vote for a politician who then votes for my Senator, that means it's not my Senator, it's his Senator.   

 

The whole thing is kind of paternalistic.   It's like you think the legislature would make a better choice of Senator than I would.  

 

There would be so much deal-making and horse-trading in the legislature it would be ridiculous.   Legislators would be selling their souls to get the votes from their colleagues so they could become a US Senator.