Senators Boxer and Feinstein for 10 years, going on 12; and, Governor 'Doofus' for 4 years going on 8. Oh, Lord, how long? I've heard that 40 years is not beyond the realm of possibility. {;~)
Keep the faith. When I lived in Colorado we suffered I can't remember how many terms under Clinton's #1 butt boy, Roy Romer, but when he was finally ousted he was replaced by a conservative Republican in Governor Bill Owens because the people were sick of Clintonism. It is going to take a long while to purge the toxic waste those people deposited indiscriminantly throughout our political landscape.