Of course, the problem with term limits is that you get officeholders who have no accountability to the electorate.
Term limits isn't the answer. An informed electorate combined with an expectation of honest statesmanship (so colleagues remove offenders) is.
Will America ever get back to that? I doubt it.
Term limits was supposed to be the “solution” in California. Our legislature has only gotten worse since term limits were implemented.
If it's for 12 years it would work.
A single 12 year term in the Senate, four 3-year terms in the House, and two six-year terms for President.
They would be accountable in a very profound way. After two terms as a congressman, he would face the real possibility of rejoining the private sector and having to live by the rules they he has forced us to live by.
What? They're not accountable to us now, they do what they want, when they want, and how they want.
At least with term limits we won't be stuck with them for 30 years or more, like Biden and the rest of those long-in-the-tooth, entrenched politicians.
I am glad that Carney is not appointed to the position--he's been Ruth Ann's toidy for years--even Biden is sharper than him!
How about repealing the 17th amendment and eliminating Senate elections altogether?
I believe that eliminating 33 of the most expensive elections that occur every two years is the keystone to getting money out of politics.
Presidential elections occur once every four years. House elections occur every two years, but their districts are too small to mount an effective national fundraising campaign.
It's the 33 statewide Senate elections that occur every two years that demand the money. These elections are what the national parties are structured around (see how Schumer chaired the national Senate election committee?).
End the Senate elections, and you break the need for national campaign financing as a perpetual machine.
-PJ