Yes, I know that state governments are run by politicians. That was not the point. You will NOT get politics out of the equation.
You completely skipped the reason for my suggestion in that we begin to remove power from Washington DC and get some power back to the states where it was intended.
I guess I still don't totally see what that does. It seems to say "the states" are not the people of the states, but the folks in the statehouses. Which, if we want the senate to be an insulated distillation of our statehouse's interested. I've lived in five states, and I've not looked at one and thought "Man, that statehouse is the panacea for bad corrupt government."
The down-the-road effects are interesting. All that senate race money just pours into local races. Pours in. And every redistricting is a bloodbath because the amount of a thumb that can be put on the scale there is pretty crazy. For any issues one might have with the senate, they're not allowed to redraw states to favor them.
In short, I still struggle to see the upside. Making politicians in Columbus, Ohio, Tallahassee, Florida, Sacramento, California or Springfield, Illinois more powerful and insulating senators more doesn't seem a particular net good, especially in an era where states are more arbitrary as designations, not less.