To convene or not to convene?

First of all, thank you so much to all of you who have paid the Bookwormroom a visit while Bookworm has been gone.  A special thanks to all of you who have taken the time to add your comments.  Bookwormroom readers are the most intelligent, thoughtful and informed people I know, and I appreciate how generous you have been with your ideas and information.  You’ve made my little stay here fun and useful.

Since I hope and expect that Bookworm will be back tomorrow I was just going to say thanks and not propose a topic today.  But I can’t resist a good topic.  A couple of comments to yesterday’s topic discussed the possibility of a constitutional convention.  I doubt I’ll see one in my lifetime.  But should we have a constitutional convention?  On the plus side, such a convention is unlimited, and can do what may not be practical to do any other way.  On the minus side, such a convention is unlimited, and goodness knows what it would do.  Personally, the way things are going now I’d be willing to roll the dice.  I’d like to see what a constitutional convention would do.  As you can probably guess, I would want it to ensure a balanced budget and develop a whole new way to fund government, and a limited government at that. 

So, how likely do you think we are to have a constitutional convention?  Is one a good idea?  If we do have one, what would you like it to do?  What would you be afraid of it doing?  As always, I look forward to hearing from you.