One thing we could do is to put the House of Representatives on a four-year election cycle two years offset from that of the presidency and senators on a seven-year election cycle.
Most would be willing to campaign less - it’s the most work most of the federal political officeholders do.
Politicians’ number one job isn’t to do whats right for the country — its to get re-elected. We don’t have statesmen. We have people who want to keep being voted prom queen.
“ One thing we could do is to put the House of Representatives on a four-year election cycle two years offset from that of the presidency and senators on a seven-year election cycle. Most would be willing to campaign less - it’s the most work most of the federal political officeholders do.”
The House is closest to the people, and 2 years is a good number for them. 6 is fine for Senators, but we need to return to the State Legislatures selecting them. After that, we need term limits: 3 for the House, 2 for the Senate. Also, no lobbying for ex-Congress critters for at least 10 years. They need to go home and resume their “before” life.