Sorry, either Coburn represents the people as a Senator or he should just continue being a physician. One or the other.
He does both just fine.
Some Senators don't show up 75 percent of the time..and they have NO other job.
Senator Coburn shows up 100 percent of the time..and has another job.
It's that kind of attitude that has created career politicians. I look around my state and realize many of our state officers and nearly all of our U.S. elected officers have been in politics since I was born. My entire life these guys have been holding elected office.
Let them have jobs to get home to and maybe they'll stop spending so much time in Washington D.C. taking our money and our rights.
I understand where you are coming from, but I'd like to suggest this. I'm not sure you'd disagree either.
I wish more of our Congressmen and Senators were part timers. I would like to see them paid about 20% of what they are, spend less than two months in session per year, and live mainly in their home districts.
As I see it, today they are too far removed from real life. Given near full-time employment in the nation's capital, they have far too much time on their hands, to medal in the lives of our citizens. If anything they create more problems than they fix.
Why?