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Your solution is . . .

I dunno, I'm just a citizen, a taxpayer, and a voter.

Perhaps term limits, either voluntary or mandatory.

I also like the idea of lifetime maximum terms in government at the federal level. Otherwise honest and moral men and women become everything that the citizens deplore once they become "Career Politicians"

I also believe that we, the voters, share some responsible too.

We make the blunder of believing that the parties we choose to "belong" to, actually have our best interests in mind when cutting deals with the lobbyists.

It might make sense to end the incestuous relationship between "our" representatives and the various bribe merchants who have their own agenda.

Just some thoughts..............

From a personal point of view, I can do small things to make a point:

stop giving money to politicians

stop giving money to political parties

actively communicate with my representative(s)

never again vote for an incumbent unless that individual has proved him/her self to be worthy, (even then, not more than once or twice)

most importantly, to always remember that the battle is not between republicans and democrats, it's between We The People and a corrupt and self-serving government.

Is that a solution? Possibly not for you or anyone else, but it works for me.

Happy Thanksgiving

I'd love to see term limits imposed by constitutional amendment on all levels of government, including and especially the judiciary. How to start a movement to win that goal is beyond me. It is not in the interests of politicians to vote themselves out of office, and they're the ones who have to vote on it. We tried it on the municipal and state level. It hasn't gained acceptance.

I disagree with your thoughts on incumbents. The incumbent must be expected to prove himself worthy of office, and to fulfill to the promises that won him the election, but there are many times when the challenger is clearly worse than the incumbent. The lack of serious third parties reinforces this dynamic. The third parties don't seem to be rising to the occasion. There were numerous state races that could have been won in this election, and the third parties never seemed to mount a real challenge. Perhaps they are shepherding their resources for the presidential campaign of 2008, which they can't possibly win, which indicates that they do not know how to allocate their resources properly, and indicates that they should not be given positions of responsibility.

We'll see. I choose to believe that it will get better.