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It doesn't always happen that way, jp. My district voted out our no-good Congressman two years ago and elected a woman, Nancy Boyda, who votes her own mind and represents her constituents, in that order I believe. She rejects the trappings of Washington and any of the goodies that lobbyists strew around. In fact, since she went to Washington she has asked people of her own party not to include her in all these invitations to the constant stream of parties given by lobbyists who just want to rub elbows with members of congress. She states that she doesn't intend to attend the Democratic convention because she knows it's going to be just more of the kind of stuff she tries to avoid.

Having said all of that, the question is, "Can someone that independent get reelected?" I don't know, but I'm going to try and see that she does.

As a postscript, although she's a "superdelegate" she avoided getting involved in the Presidential primary season. She only recently came out in support of Obama. She was prompted to do that by all of the ugly smears she was constantly hearing about him, including from her own father. She is committed to speaking out against that kind of politics as well.

We'll see if someone like her can maintain a position in this crazy system. I'm on her side.

That's JC Watts Jdog.

Rhonda, nope, it doesn't always happen that way. Just 98% of the time.

I think I’d be ashamed to go to work or to show my face in public if I had a public approval rating lower than that of an ACLU attorney.

I wish they'd STOP accomplishing things personally.

The problem is government in the first place. It's the nature of the beast. Always has been and always will be.

But people's faith in it never seems to waiver, and they always want more.

Protecting the weak from the strong is the only real purpose of government. Now the general public is being victimized, because of it's own apathy, by it's government. We face a greater danger from within than any terrorist threat from outside, Well, we've done a pretty good job of stirring up the rage outside, but to continue the way we've been going will ensure both a collapse from within and attack from outside. We need a fresh start, with a government that promotes liberty for what it really is, a personal responsibility,by defending equality and justice.

Free people are not equal - and equal people are not free.

I do not remember who said it - but it is accurate.

It can be explained very simply. Generally an elected official wins by more than 50%. Therefore the majority of their area supports them. Thus a built in majority. So a minority of people are against them only.

With that said many studies and polls proven that the average voter believes Congress is worthless and that all the legislators should be voted out....EXCEPT THEIR LEGISLATOR.

Now take that thinking and multiply it 535 times every few years and thus most of them are re-elected without trouble.

It is the same mentality with kids. Most parents will gripe about everyother kid on earth as being bad, etc...but their kid is perfect. Same works for government...sadly

All my years, I was thinking that only our kind of government is the worst of all. I thought, peoples in each of their own nationality, including yours, enjoy having political leaders functioning at their brightest, positive human senses. Now,after reading yours, I have one great negative thing about these (concerned)political figures. They're all but dogs vying for a bone.