[gremlinsinc]

What we need is politicians who commit to giving the popular vote of their constituents decide major issues. -- A trial in Liquid Democracy if you will.

We also need term limits in congress, no more career politicians, or at least no consecutive terms--take 1 term off between terms. -- Personally I think President should be a 6 year term, sometimes 4 is too little, sometimes 8 is too much. A single 6 year term may make more sense. Senators would be the same a single 6 year term, and that's IT go get a REAL job, - Senators/Congressmen are essentially living on Welfare, we give them posh health plans, good wages, good benefits, and their voters pay all their bills via fund-raising. You should be only allowed one term in each national government position.

[spc476]

I've discussed this idea with my girlfriend (a former Federal worker) and she opposes this idea, because an inrush of freshmen Congresscritters who have no idea what is what would be beholden to the rank and file of Federal workers who aren't elected and thus, know the system more than those elected do.

In other words, the institutional knowledge shifts from elected Congresscritters to unelected bureaucrats.

[gremlinsinc]

Nah, I'm convinced that if we were to stop elections, and go to a 100% random lottery that selects 200 random citizens w/out any idea of their credentials, we would have a healthier political system than the one we have now.