The usual argument against term limits is that power would effectively be transferred to the Congress’ staff members. As if that weren’t true today. We tend think of these staff members as various Chandra Levys, Monica Blowthem groupies, but there are many there who have been at it for decades, professional suckups like David Gergen. Who do you think wrote Porkulus? Those lifers and the lobbyists who buy them lunches did, that’s who! What are we going to do about that?
But isn’t that already the case? Most politicians at the Federal level spend a large amount of time running for the next election. I say minimize that, and let them serve.