Re: Never vote for the incumbent

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mark) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

> There is no such thing as a good politician or bad politician. 
> They are good if they see it your way and bad if they do not.

A good politician is one who, once bought, stays bought! -- A nice
line, I suppose, but an ugly truth.

Never voting for the incumbant... if the application is to general
elections, then I'd have to disagree.  While one almost never finds a
candidate with whom one can completely agree, there are still lesser
and greater evils in the choices presented.  Why should I replace
someone with whom I share a fundamental political philosophy with
someone who will be diametrically opposed to nearly everthing I
believe?

The rise of a voting block based on the principle you suggest is
unlikely in the extreme.  Simply think of the attitude expressed
above.

As a pragmatic matter, it will simply be easier to pass term limits
which force "new blood" into the political arteries every so often. 
While this may be possible with state laws, it will more likely
require an ammendment to the federal constitution.