[Campaigns-l] Congressional Term Limits

[Lord Voldemort]

On 7/10/06, Gordon P. Hemsley <gphemsley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting that they chose to do that, as I was going to suggest the following:
> Term limits are already in place for President (2 terms [8 years] or 10 years).
> Senators should also have a limit of 2 terms (12 years) or 15 years.
> Representatives should have a limit of 8 terms (16 years) or 17 years.
>
> The theory is, the less area a politician has to represent, the more
> (s)he knows about the people living there, and the more the people
> living there know about him/her. That's why the term limits increase
> as the area gets smaller. And the extra years at the end include an
> extra half of a term, following the example of President. Thoughts?

Yeah, how about abolish all term limits and let the people elect who
they want?  If someone is doing a brilliant job, why should they be
forced out?  The best man or woman for the job.  What a novel idea.
--LV