[dirtboy]

He says the only way to fix Washington is for the states to convene a Convention of the States and limit their power,

Sorry, Coburn. You had a lot of potential and eventually succumbed to the Beltway flu yourself.

The Constitution has plenty of limits on government power. The problem is, the three branches of government collude to kick down those limits. The only, ONLY way to limit government is to limit the careers of big-government politicians in both parties.

[brownsfan]

“Sorry, Coburn. You had a lot of potential and eventually succumbed to the Beltway flu yourself.”

I’m with you on that one. What a disappointment Coburn showed himself to be.

I think the only hope is a public that is educated and cares. Given that as the only hope, there isn’t much hope for America.

[CitizenUSA]

Senator Coburn is my senator, and I think he’s done a reasonably good job given the circumstances. He’s not perfect, but he’s a far cry better than most of them. My biggest complaint is that’s he’s always civil toward the other side. I don’t think he understands that they are only civil when it serves their purposes, and they are definitely not playing by the same set of rules (in fact, they change or ignore rules when it serves them). Maybe he does understand that, but he thinks he needs to be nice regardless. I think it has something to do with his Christian faith.

I think Senator Coburn would have done far more to reign in government spending had we (Americans) given him more conservative allies in the Senate. The man has fought a losing battle from day one. Rather than blaming him for what’s wrong with D.C., maybe conservatives in other states need to work harder to replace their RINOs and Democrat senators.

[Jacquerie]

The only way to possibly restore freedom is to divide power once again between the states and their offspring in Washington.

When the 17th Amendment destroyed vertical separation of powers, when the states left the senate, ALL power fell into the laps of one president, 535 congressmen/senators, and nine black-robes.

Our Framers were realists and knew exactly what would happen. It did. The wonder is that it took 101 years for an authoritarian like Obama to emerge.

[Baynative]

"The only, ONLY way to limit government is to limit the careers of big-government politicians in both parties."

The only way that will ever happen is through a convention of states as explained in this video.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-—The only, ONLY way to limit government is to limit the careers of big-government politicians in both parties-—

And the only way to do that is with an amendment to the Constitution limiting congressional terms. Of course, Congress would never pass this, which is why we need a convention of the states for proposing amendments to the Constitution.

Levin and Coburn are right.