[judywillow]

One thing you might notice is this. Having senators elected by the state legislatures might eliminate much of the effect of vote manufacturing by the demnocrats since manufacturing votes is clearly most effective in statewide or nationwide elections.

One question people were asking in 2000 was how a state like Floriduh with a state legislature which is so overwhelmingly republican could even come close to voting for Algor for president. The answer near as I can tell is that the dems can manufacture all the votes they want in their own precincts and it won't keep the republicans from winning theirs. It's only in a statewide election that manufacturing votes really counts.

[Political Junkie Too]

Having senators elected by the state legislatures might eliminate much of the effect of vote manufacturing by the demnocrats...

True. There are other benefits as well. For instance, you wouldn't see a carpetbagger like, oh, let's say, someone from Arkansas swooping into, say for example, New York, and claiming the Senate seat as his or her own. You'd think that the legislature of New York, in this example, would be grooming one of their own for the Senate.

-PJ