Arkady's Thoughts

Everyone has focused their attention on the now infamous MA-4th Congressional district and the absolutely vilified Barney Frank.  Meanwhile the prominent conservative websites have completely ignored the MA-3 district.  As a refresher course, Jim McGovern is potentially even more dangerous than Barney Frank because McGovern operates in the realm of the unknown.  In fact, this election season the most wonderful aspect is the heightened exposure that a lot of people get to the multi-term incumbents residing in Congress (watch the video below for an explanation).   McGovern's role on 'ObamaCare' is undeniable and he personally pulled strings in order to expedite the bill out of the House.  Worse yet, he authored and is personally responsible for the legislation that allowed Congress to raise the debt ceiling - yes again!   Of course he justified this by blaming Bush, a correct accusation, but ignoring the fact that Democrats have increased spending since 2006 faster than at

As the election season winds down we need to ask ourselves, what is it that we want from this new Congress?   What kind of change would strongly impact America and improve the legislative process?  Term limits for Congress should be the first and most obvious choice and one that has the best chance of succeeding.   Term limits will break the all powerful incumbency, will deter and discourage special interests, lobbyists and corporations from spending too much money on campaigns and will constantly rejuvenate Congress with fresh ideas.  We will achieve the goal of the founding fathers in sending citizen legislators to office instead of career politicians. Term limits also has the the best chance of passing in this highly partisan and tense environment. The official organization for promoting U.S. Term Limits cites the following statistic . A recent poll shows that 78 percent of Americans support term limits for the U.S. Congress, including large majorities for Democrats (74%), in