At least put it on general chat
To blame every thing that is wrong on passage of the seventeenth amendment is shallow reasoning at best
John McCain stopped Obamacare repeal.
And you’re criticizing those that lay blame on the 17th Amendment?
Shortly before he died, I attended a lecture by Justice Scalia. He clearly said he believed that the 17th amendment was responsible for what is wrong with Washington DC swamp.
To Nifster, I don't blame all, but I do blame most bad things at the national level on the 17A.
If you are interested:
The Bitter Harvest of the 17th Amendment.
Direct Election of Senators and the Silent Artillery of Time: "So well-designed was the Framers’ structure, that America had forgotten the problematic nature of purely popular government which plagued and eventually destroyed overly democratic societies since the ancient Greek city-states."