I have to admit, there have been many times in my life when I was in favour of this. At the moment, I am on the fence over it. The original Constitution had a major point about reigning in special interests.
So You Still Want to Choose Your Senator?Few members of the Tea Party have endorsed Rand Paul’s misgivings about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but a surprising number are calling for the repeal of an older piece of transformative legislation: the 17th Amendment. If you don’t have the Constitution on your smartphone, that’s the one adopted in 1913 that provides for direct popular election of United States senators.
Allowing Americans to choose their own senators seems so obvious that it is hard to remember that the nation’s founders didn’t really trust voters with the job. The people were given the right to elect House members. But senators were supposed to be a check on popular rowdiness and factionalism. They were appointed by state legislatures, filled with men of property and stature.
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Not sure who I would chose or vote for because every politician has an agenda.
From Sara Palin who really isn't into politics, but doing her dangest to keep the GOP divided.
Maybe Tweety Bird would be better than any idiot out there right now.
I agree we have a problem and the bigger we get the harder it is to manage. What I'd like to see is legislation that says media has to give fair, free air time to state-wide and national candidates so they can reach more people and cuts the costs of campaigning.
With so many people to reach too much time is spent on galavanting around trying to get win elections and too much money is spent on the advertising needed to do that.
I see no reason for media NOT to be a part of our process as opposed to getting rich off of a process that takes an inordinate amount of time and cash.
I'd also like to see Americans have to be educated on how their government works as I see too many uniformed votes taking place, a trend that is growing.