Redak wrote:
“Don’s so old and been in the Beltway so long that he’s no longer Alaskan. But everybody understands that his senoirity is critical; although he seems to not understand this himself. I hope a true conservative runs against him the next cycle, I fear it will be an establishment plant!”
It is my belief, that ANY elected official, vying for their 2nd term in office, is either elected at the error of the constituents, or the constituents are so lazy, that all they know of the candidate, is their name.
It is my belief, that there should be, under no circumstances, more than a ‘second chance’ term, for any elected official. Why? Longevity more than one term breeds corruption.
Unfortunately, there is a downside to this, too. If you allowed a person to serve only one 2-year term, the real power would then be the staffers and employees telling the members what to do and pushing their (usually leftist) agenda (since they would have all the institutional knowledge).
They’d all be vying behind the scenes to work for (or rather simply “work”) the individual members for the brief time they’re there and move on to the next person. That would be even worse than now, because there’d be absolutely no accountability. How do you “vote out” chiefs-of-staff, administrative assistants, interns, et al ?