I just learned that the Constitution Party has endorsed the repeal of the 17th Amendment as part of its party platform.
Ok, its not much, and I don’t know much else about the Constitution Party, but at least there are few other people on my very small bandwagon.
Update:
Since I had blogged on this before, I didn’t mention my longstanding interest in this this issue, but I noted from the Comments that we have some new readers (which I should have anticipated, of course). I’ve laid out my views on this in two law review articles here and here.
For those looking for a shorter journalistic read on the issue, two very accessible and useful op-ed surveys of the issue (and my discussion of it) have been provided over the years by Bruce Bartlett and John Dean.
Also, just to make clear–I know very little about the Constitution Party so I can’t say much other than that based on a glance at their overall platform they don’t seem like my particular cup of tea (other than their position on the 17th Amendment).