[MikefromOhio]

Congressional races are no bellweather of a district's beliefs. Here in liberal dirty Jersey, my congressman, Scott Garrett is holding a seat that has been Republican for 40 years, yet he is one of the top 5 conservatives in the House. If people around here knew what he was all about, he'd be voted out in a heartbeat.

That's the exception and NOT the norm and you know it. Again, Tancredo's influence wasn't enough to push Jacob over a guy who is already in Congress. That isn't the fault of the system, it's the fault of the candidate.

[jmc813]

That's the exception and NOT the norm and you know it.

The "norm" is that the House has over a 95% incumbent retention rate. That's not necessarily a "fault of the system", but proponents of term limits often use that statistic to make their argument.