Think back to the 2004 Presidential race, how many people voted for Bush because, as a lot of people said, 'I would rather have the devil I know than the devil I don't'
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am all for term limits, but I think the whole "throw the bums out" > mentality doesn't take into consideration that sometimes the > replacement will be worse that what it there now. I certainly know > that was the case for several offices in the last election out here. > The governor's race was term limited and look what we're stuck with > now. If a congress critter is representing the people who that put > them in office, those of a different political bent aren't gonna like > them. So it's hard for them to have a high national approval rating. > The best example of this is Nancy Pelosi, who consistently gets low > national ratings, but was reelected by 80% because the voters in her > district like what she is doing. > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "And replace them with whom" >> >> A challenger on the ballot. Alas, there isn't always a good option. For >> example, what if Alan Grayson were to run in 2010 for his old congressional >> seat? >> >> Of course, term limits would be better. Then you would two or more choices >> and not even have to worry about the incumbent. >> >> The congressional job approval rating hovers around 20%. Incumbents win >> re-election over 80% of the time. You put these two together, and it easy >> to see that most people don't like your representative or your senator, but >> are just fine with their > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
