Apparently Rahm Emanuel, number 4 Dem in the House, thinks so.
"As an amateur student of constitutional history and as a member of Congress, I have come to the conclusion that the Senate was a historic mistake," said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the No. 4 Democrat.
That is from today's NYT
I guess the question is whether the Senate was a mistake. I would imagine that Rep. Emanuel doesn't really believe the "Grand Compromise" was a mistake; we are, after all, a Republic, and we are the "United States" of America. Eliminating the Senate pretty much eliminates any political power any small states have.
Just wait until the ads run in New Hampshire:
"The Democrats want to eliminate your two senators, and any influence they have. Quote from Rep. Emanuel. Vote Republican to make sure New Hampshire retains its influence."
The larger question is that I've started seeing a lot more talk about changing the constitution, almost all of it by Democrats. Here on DailyKos, there was the series recently about some major changes proposed by someone, I forget who. Most people here seem to want the Electoral College done away with.
I've seen lots of complaints that small states residents are "more equal" because by necessity, they have only one representative, which per capita is more representative than a citizen of California. I can't recall the proposed solution (outside of adding around nine thousand representatives).
So, no electoral college, no senate, the small states should combine their house representation to make it truly equal ( I think that's another idea I've heard). If these are Democratic ideas, then what is the point of having states anymore? Why not just suggest we eliminate all states and become one big state, like France? Make our congressional districts cross state boundaries, and become a parliament?
That would be the "truly equal" thing to do, would it not?
But it would gut the Constitution as currently set up.