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OPINION:
In his recent op-ed, Scott Walker mentions four tight Senate races (“Democrats’ upcoming shellacking,” Web, Oct. 20). Had it not been for a Progressive blunder long ago, we wouldn’t have Senate elections at all.
The Constitution originally had senators appointed by state legislatures and representatives elected to the House by popular vote. The latter represented the people, while senators were to represent each sovereign state. In addition, the framers believed state legislatures would know better than voters who their best public people were.
The 17th Amendment undid that. It has senators elected by popular vote, which is why we now see such malfeasance as out-of-state donations to senators’ (ever more expensive) election campaigns.
It’s hard to imagine even a corrupt statehouse nominating anyone so plainly unfit as Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman to represent its interests in Congress. Or, for that matter, Delaware’s Biden back in 1973 – already known at age 30 to be a dim bulb.
This is America. We can do better. It only took 10 years to correct the blunder of Prohibition. It’s taking almost 110 to correct the Seventeenth Amendment blunder. After these past two years, with the White House and both chambers of Congress controlled by popularly elected Americans, the urgency to repeal is upon us.
JOHN S. MASON JR.
Irvington, Virginia
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