Interesting. So you haven’t found instances where the senators actually represented their state and its constitutional interests vs. those of the people of the state?
Oh, there may be some more high-minded ones, but the goal of many anti-17ers of having an excellent class of Senators respectful of the Constitution and the individual states just isn’t going to happen. The claims, too, that the quality of the legislatures would improve is dubious as well, as if somehow the people, knowing the “awesome” responsibility of electing a Senator, would begin to elect better or more informed (high-minded) individuals is quite laughable. If anything, given the stakes, you’d have even more execrable individuals serving, deals being cut, those looking to bring home more pork, electing more bosses (or puppets of bosses), each looking out for their own interests. In states with supreme Dem majorities, it would become even worse (if possible). I don’t even believe states with solid GOP majorities would elect top-notch people, I think they’d be more along the lines of Murkowski, Graham and McCain types. DeMints and Coburns wouldn’t even be able to get past the gate.