And when you look at the quality of actually existing U.S. Senators, Democrat and Republican, including The Most Revered and Holy Savior, moderate Scott Brown, you would NEVER agree to give them more powers, either. And yet, in 1913, we did just that with the 16th and 17th Amendments. They now have the power to hoodwink millions of people into re-electing them again and again, as well as appropriate endless amounts of money taken out of our paychecks.
And as far as direct elections goes, the U.S. House has passed both Cap and Tax and Health Care Deform in some form, so as far as elections vs. appointments goes, let's just say, the jury may still be out on that one. And if the legislators are really this horrible and corrupt, guess what, that means the PEOPLE have failed to keep THEM in check.
In many places, that's exactly the case.