Part of the problem is that too many Congressmen have been in Congress for a “long time.”
Congress should be a voluntary, un-paid, part-time position, meeting for 6-8 weeks out of the year. Serve one or two terms, then give someone else a chance.
The problem is that liberals have been in and have run Congress for a long time.
I see no reason why a local GOP party should spend resources finding and running a true conservative for the House, only to have to do it all over again a few years later. The goal should be not only to find conservatives to win office, but to keep that seat for as long as possible. That said, Congress meeting for no more than 6 weeks sounds good to me.
Now, the specific trouble with Lou Holtz is that he’s 72 years old and wants to run in a red area. Because it’s a red area, star power isn’t necessary to win the election, and it means that someone else who could be ready to run for that seat has to wait until Holtz gets bored and retires. If you give me a choice between a young guy and an old guy, I’m going to go with the young guy, just because he can be in there longer.