[MNJohnnie]

This article should be mailed to EVERY GOP Congresscritter with a note “CLEAN OUT THE STAFF”. One of the big problems we face is both parties use the same Congressional staffers. If a staffer has worked for the Dems they have NO business being hired to work for the GOP. The hysteric nonsensical Progressive rhetoric of this guy's article is proof that Dem staffers are ideological partisans of the most extreme sort.

[hosepipe]

[ This article should be mailed to EVERY GOP Congresscritter with a note “CLEAN OUT THE STAFF”. One of the big problems we face is both parties use the same Congressional staffers. If a staffer has worked for the Dems they have NO business being hired to work for the GOP. The hysteric nonsensical Progressive rhetoric of this guy's article is proof that Dem staffers are ideological partisans of the most extreme sort. ]

Should be said again....

[Vigilanteman]

Wow! Did you ever nail it!

Anyone who has a chance to visit DC should make it a point to visit their congress critter's office (or anyone who will see them) and chat up the staff.

There are a relative handful of senior people who are loyal. The rest flow from office to office like fleas on a dog. They are not all bad people, but they overwhelmingly fit this profile:

1. Very liberal, overwhelmingly from Ivy League colleges or a tier or two below these elitist institutions.
   
2. Rich parents or at least those who can afford to subsidize their meager salaries in one of the most expensive cities in the country. Otherwise, they are living 6 to 8 to a convenience size flat somewhere along the green line.
   
3. Star-struck. If their parents aren't rich (and even if they are)-- very dedicated to the perks and trappings of political power and the offices to which it is attached.
   
4. Regional-- overwhelmingly from the northeast and mid Atlantic states. Most of the congress people claim they like to hire staff from their own state or district, but the truth of the matter is that few can do so due to the pool of applicants which I just described. The further away from DC you get, the more true this is.
   
5. Ambitious-- Each has ambitions of getting promoted to one of the few senior staff positions available. This, quite frankly, doesn't happen very often if the congress critter is smart enough to get re-elected consistently-- they will bring in a long-time friend or associate whom the can trust instead. Of course, they won't tell them that because they want their staff performing and reaching constantly for the elusive high hanging fruit.