“I feel like celebrating the fact that a small handful of career politicians can’t choose Senators anymore.”
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I understand your inclination but after much contemplation I am convinced there is nothing in the 17th amendment that merits celebration.
Contemplate on RINO David Dewhurst, the GOP primary voters rejected him in favor of conservative Ted Cruz but Dewhurst would be the US Senator for Texas right now if the legislature got to choose. You see as LT Governor he was President of the State Senate, and 18 of the 19 Republican Senators endorsed him. Do you get it? This is no good.
People who want to repeal this amendment (which by the way is not ever gonna happen, it’s just a waste of time that makes conservatives look bad) aren’t looking at the real world. In the real world state legislators are full of POLITICIANS that can’t be trusted. Letting them pick Senators is a recipe for corruption and less conservative Senators overall.