From Congressman Louie Gohmert via TPM with a hat tip to Sarah Binder

Gohmert: Fight Health Care Bill By Repealing Popular Election Of Senators

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) is calling for a strong re-assertion of states rights against Congress — in the form of a Constitutional amendment to eliminate the direct popular election of Senators, and go back to the pre-17th Amendment setup of state legislatures appointing them.

“Ever since the safeguard of State legislatures electing U.S. Senators was removed by the 17th Amendment in 1913, there has been no check or balance on the Federal power grab for the last 97 years,” Gohmert said in a press release, calling for a constitutional convention of the states. “Article V requires a minimum of 34 states to request a Convention which in this case, would be an Amendment Convention for only ONE amendment.”

And once again, the mainstream miscalculates how many Senators would be indirectly elected.  Dan Weigel incorrectly reports:

For what it’s worth, Democrats currently control 27 state legislatures, so this would be a pretty bad deal for them at present, sending them back to 54 senators. Media Matters Action has video and points out how this conflicts with the “Massachusetts elected Scott Brown, thus health care reform should die” argument of a week ago.

He is pretty close though.  Democrats would have at least 54 seats.  No idea how Nebraska or some tied legislatures would go.