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To listen to Specter for like five minutes is to know that he has lost his frickin mind. Seriously, the guy is deranged and imho, needs to retire. What a complete embarrassment. The guy exemplifies the complete narcissism and power hungry nature of the DC beast.

I have always been against term limits since we completely re-elect the House every two years and 1/3 of the Senate every two years - seems like that is term limits enough if the population had the will power. BUT now I am beginning to rethink my position - some of these bozos seriously need to retire, even if the dumbed down population can't see clearly.

I have always been against term limits ... BUT now I am beginning to rethink my position

Well, Arlen is now demonstrating the correct alternative to term limits - the end of the Congressional seniority system. Consider: If Mass wants to return The Swimmer to the Senate every 6 years, that is their right and it's slippery-slope to interfere. BUT ... Teddy is no better than the most junior Senator if you consider the Equal Protection clause to be paramount. Yes, the Constitution lets the Senate set its own rules but can those rules undermine the protections under the Constitution? I say NO! Eliminate Seniority and Arlen and the rest are reduced to being sad sack back benchers - that is the demonstration he's providing for us right now. Without their absolute power, berks like Specter and Murtha would be nothing to the electorate.