Endangered Species?

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US election 2010: The fable of the endangered incumbent
By Larry Sabato
University of Virginia

The headlines scream the names of defeated incumbents. Both parties are losing senior members of Congress across the country. Every primary election night brings a higher toll.

Senator Bob Bennett (R-Utah) falls, then Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania) - and Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) only just survives despite the avid support of the only Arkansas native ever elected president, Bill Clinton.

Longtime incumbent Representative Alan Mollohan (D-West Virginia) is now a lame duck, and so is Representative Parker Griffith (R-Alabama). And don't forget Governor Jim Gibbons (R-Nevada), badly defeated in his bid for a second term.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10270590.stm

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1. One of my banjo pals in NC

pointed out to me that you suffer from your politicians being in place for too long and they should have term limits. Any comment on that ?

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2. I agree. with all these T-parties, the "T" should stand for Term Limitations

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3. slow news day but a fast DU board

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