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He's the guy we have to go to today. because i have been trying to restore history, at least in my own mind and trying to restore god in my own life. we have to restore our constitutio constitution. one important part of the constitution is the 17th amendment. we have a studio audience here. how many people before we called you to say hey, you want to come to the show, how many people here could say oh, yeah, the 17th amendment. i know what that is. you don't count because you're doing a constitutional thing. nobody. how many really know what it is now, the 17th amendment? okay. this is amazin...

The constitution. he's the guy we have to go to today. because i have been trying to restore history, at least in my own mind and trying to restore god in my own life. we have to restore our constitutio constitution. one important part of the constitution is the 17th amendment. we have a studio audience here. how many people before we called you to say hey, you want to come to the show, how many people here could say oh, yeah, the 17th amendment. i know what that is. you don't count because you're doing a constitutional thing. nobody. how many really know what it is now, the 17th amendment? ok...

Something is not going to have a good outcome if woodrow wilson was involved. before 1913, u.s. senators were appointed by the state legislature. madison said the house of representatives would always be a national institution because the people would be directly elected by the people. but the senate will derive the powers from the states. here is the idea. you have the senators be representatives of the state interest. like a lobbyist for the state. you think progressives would like that. the 17th amendment instituted a direct popular election of the united states senators. two senators right...

Why did they do this? well, they wanted to take the direct representation out and make sure the states didn't have the direct representation. let me give you example of the 17th amendment coming in to play right now, today. obama's healthcare bill would have never seen the light of day. a lot of things they do in washington would never have seen the light of day. why? because it wouldn't be in the interest of the state. have you heard this phrase? "unfunded mandates." how did they get that passed? the senate is not looking out for your state. think of a state like massachusetts. why would they...

They had armed marches. marches with guns. they picked the day after the 9/11 anniversary to march on washington against the u.s. government. they came out against the civil rights act. they came out against social security. they came out against soccer. they came out against thurgood marshall. they came out against the fact that people elect senators directly instead of state legislatures choosing senators. the 17th amendment? who knew this would try to be an issue this year? it has become a spectacular year and a half or so of conservative politics in this country. it has been amazing. but e...