[PapaBear3625]

The longer they are there, the more their world becomes Washington and their ‘good friends from across the aisle’ than their constituents. From what I have read, Lugar hasn’t even have a residence in Indiana for decades. So, who was he actually ‘representing’?

The longer they are there, the more skeletons they accumulate that they don't want exposed.

Cute lobbyists, opportunities to trade on insider knowledge -- the skeletons don't get exposed as long as they do not piss off the Dems. It's just easier to play ball.

[TomGuy]

I would be curious to know how many of them and how much they have in off-shore accounts.

Isn’t it strange that, for example, Michelle Bachmann recently became a Swiss citizen?

[CarmichaelPatriot]

The solution to this affliction of Washingtonitis is to repeal the 17th Amendment and allow the Governor and/or State Legislatures to appoint their Senators directly, with an ability to recall them if they stop representing the will of their state, or at will upon the seating of a new Governor. The Senate was supposed to represent the will of the States, not the will of the People. That is what the House is for.