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While the senate is almost 50/50 R/D, this battle takes place far more at the level of state legislatures and governors.

That's an assumption, not a fact. Or at least, the dynamics of how it resolves - whether that is more like how Senators are currently selected (where the issue is control of the federal government) or how state houses are currently populated (where the issue is local politics) - is an assumption.

Are you willing to bet the future of our country on your assumption? Nothing personal because I would like it to be true also, but I'm not willing to make that bet.

The biggest problem is not how those in a Constitutional Convention would be selected anyway. First, though we are highly polarized as a nation, neither side as the 2/3 majority it would take to have any meaningful results. Second, it doesn't matter what is written in the Constitution if no one (most especially the courts) pays attention anyway. Or uses one part (like a 'shadow and penumbra' of the 14th) to justify ignoring another part (like the clear and unambiguous language of the 10th).