[MBB1984]

There are indeed several issues that neither party is adequately addressing. In addition to the illegal immigration problem, both parties are on a spending spree plunging our country into bigger and bigger deficits and ultimately harming our economy. Both parties are essentially bought and paid for by the highest bidder. We desperately need term limits and a line item veto, but no one addresses the need for a Constitutional Amendment to enact these measures.

[ghostrider]

Both parties are essentially bought and paid for by the highest bidder. We desperately need term limits and a line item veto....

I used to help conservative candidates. Our fund raising was from local institutions and by "local" political interests. Then along came term limits. New candidates with no established funding channels, but desperate for funding, began to rely of the money channeled down from state and national fund raising. That money did not come without strings attached. On the bottom line, they now vote like they are told or the party funding gets switched to another. What we now have is "strung out" politicians, who can't live without their next contribution "fix" doing what they are told by their supplier. They don't listen to their base, they listen to their party boss.