tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post7528359619060085681..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: "Repeal the 17th Amendment"Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-33050026096236081352009-06-18T08:29:33.880-04:002009-06-18T08:29:33.880-04:00Although I agree that, to one extent or another, S...Although I agree that, to one extent or another, Senators (along with almost all other politicians) seem to put their party's agenda higher on the priority list than the interest of the state they represent, I don't see how repealing the seventeenth amendment would ameliorate the process. These people seem to assume, for no good reason, that the state legislators are somehow above party politics. If one were to assume that NYS politics is representational of state politics across the country, then it seems the opposite is true. And since the legislators are all members of the party system, what evidence do we have that the person that <i>they</i> would appoint is any less likely to put party interests above state interests? Again, the simplest, most logical solution would be to eliminate political parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com