i have always wondered why the 17th was passed, it seems that having the senators elected by our legislature would create more interest in state politics. I would probably help to reduce the number of radical senators, but it would probably lead to more corruption in the state governments. Anyway, anyone know why it was enacted?TheArmedFarmer wrote:We were probably better off back before 1913, when Senators were chosen by our state legislatures. Back then, there's no way that people like Hillary Clinton would have been seated in the Senate. Maybe it's time to talk about the repeal of the 17th amendment to the Constitution.
And as far as Specter switching, well good riddins to bad rubbish, he switched a long time ago, its just official now, good luck to Pat Toomy in 2010