[Zon]

Just last week Senator Daschle and his liberal coalition of Democrats with the support two liberal Republicans and one Independent killed the repealing of the Estate Tax permanently.

Logic 101. Lobbyists and special interest groups are accused of buying access to government power. They do it by donating both soft and hard money and who knows what other back-room deals. More important, it's the politicians that put up for sale access to government power in the first place.

Do politicians trade or buy votes among themselves? How much did Jeffords gain by leaving the republican party? Did certain democrats pay him to flee the republican party? Did certain republicans pay him to not become a democrat?

Who actually thinks that voting for the lesser of two evils will beget something other than more evil?

[Piquaboy]

I have almost become convinced that All politicians are a bunch of crooks.

[olliemb]

Your comments are reason enough for term limits. Instead these guys are career senators/reps and in so doing network and make deals. Look at the deal Daschle and the repubs are embarking on--we will look at your judicial nominees if you vote for a demo friend of Daschle on the FCC board.

IMHO, term limits like the one for the president, should apply to the senate and house. Remember, Ted Kennedy was the one who started HMO in the 1980's and he is the one who has been the cause of liberal agenda for so many years as well as Bobby Byrd. They become so used to what they do that they know how to sidestep the roadblocks. And I agree with you, Jeffords had to have been paid in more ways --not only head of committee but I am sure there were more deals.