It sounds good - on paper - but in theory, it would be disadvantageous to us now. You wouldn’t get a Senate that resembled the 19th century leaders. Take a look at some ostensibly Conservative states, like Texas, where the Speaker is a RINO, who succeeded another left-wing RINO. If these states can’t even elect a non-corrupt RINO Derp Stater to lead their legislatures, you think they’ll elect an uncorruptable Conservative to the U.S. Senate ? You’d get nothing but corrupt hacks accountable to nobody but these Derp State legislative solons.
Even then they wouldn’t be worse than what we have now!
I bet all your Texas examples have been in office forever. It behooves us to pay attention to who we put in the legislature. More than two terms it’s time to send them home!
The legislature is the government closest to us and the one where we have the best chance influencing. It’s up to us, we don’t make the effort someone else will to our detriment!