Quote Originally Posted by crays View Post
I'm a firm believer that anyone running for elected office should have to vacate the elected office they occupy to do so. While this doesn't affect ol' aw shucks chickenpooper, it would eliminate a lot of needless wannabes from the start. Specifically congressmen, senators and sitting governors.

This probably belongs in a different thread, but oh well.

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Agreed. They were elected to do a specific job. How can anyone expect them to actually live up to that "contract" with those who elected them if they spend most oftheir time campaigning for the next position?