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The Two Million Frog March (Why 9-12-2009 spells trouble for Republicans and Democrats alike)

[cc2k]

A follow up to “The Two Million Frog March (Why 9-12-2009 spells trouble for Republicans and Democrats alike)”. I thought you might be interested.

[wastedyears]

Well, here’s the reality. We the voters determine who represents us in Washington, DC. We also decide who represents us in our state capitols, our county seats and even our city halls. We also elect (directly or indirectly) leaders of the executive branch in Washington DC, and in all the lower levels of government. Term limits are possible with no changes to the current rules! All that needs to change is the behavior of the electorate.A lack of term limits is why we have people like McCain, Byrd, Kennedy, Murtha, Schumer in office so long.

[Paladin2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRywBfkuQNk

[taxcontrol]

No person shall serve more than 12 years in total as a US Senator. No person shall serve more than 12 years in total as a US Representative. No person shall serve more than 12 years total for the offices of President or Vice President. No person shall serve more than 12 years in total in any position that answers directly to the President, Vice President, Senator or Representative

[stockpirate]

They should serve only two terms, one in Congress and one in jail.

[Wonder Warthog]

Sorry, but I’d still rather see term limits embedded in the Constitution by means of a formal amendment.

[xeno]

[MainFrame65]

Unfortunately, excess incumbency is NOT JUST a voter problem. It is caused by LOCAL redistricting that strongly favors incumbency, and rewards longevity with increasingly friendly wards and precincts.

The only cure for that is to outlaw “Gerrymandering” - the creation of highly distorted, meandering districts that accumulate tiny pockets of support within a sea of opposition. The only mechanism I thought of would be to set a legal maximum ratio of district boundary to district area. Mathematically, the minimum would be 2xPi - about 6.284 - for an almost perfectly circular district. I don’t know what the maximum should be, but my own district is probably in triple digits.