And now senators are being elected by interests outside the state. My two communist senators represent the eco-fascists in California and the anti-war nutjobs in New York and Hollywood.
How is that good for the state?
Would you prefer those same two be elected by your Sacramento legislators and make them 100% directly unaccountable to the voters ? With the 17th amendement in place, CA would’ve had no Republican Senators after the 1960s, the last time they had majority control of the entire legislature (1969). In my state, the Gore family would’ve controlled the Senate seats for a half-century, perhaps longer (because the Dem legislative majority would’ve returned Gore to his old seat after he lost the Presidency).
You may not like the 17th, but you’d have a far worse scenario as I described.
How do you think I feel? I have Klobuchar and Franken for “senators”.