The 17th fundamentally went against the intended compromise republic/democracy of the founders. Not that its necessarily a good or bad thing, but by all accounts the senate was intended to represent the states rights, whereas the house is meant as a more direct democratic representative of the commoners. The more levels of local power being abstracted via council and less put to direct proportionate vote in the senate, the more direct in the house.

Huckabee isn't breaking new ground by calling for a 17th repeal, but to 99% of americans its a big 'u w0t'. The tea party has advocated it for a long time
And as pointed out, the 17th gets really hairy when it comes to appointing replacements, so each state has its own method, which violates the direct vote again. If McCain kicks it or steps down, he gets replaced by his governor but has to be of the same party (and then McConnell has his 50 votes)

The 17th came to pass, because of corruption.

Allowing the states legislature to elect state Senators didn't work they way it was intended.

Requiring state Senators to be elected by popular vote, prevented the "good old boys network" problem that was occurring.

Hopefully this works better

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gets better as you read on

epitome of delusional unwarranted self-importance from an anti-intellectual left-wing scumstain hack

I miss Pollster, the underappreciated polling genius messiah.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/trump-threatens-congressional-health-insurance-benefits

thanks you donald

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