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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think Midterms are useless .. we should get rid of them
Change the congressional term to 4 years for house and 8 years for the senate.
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I think Midterms are useless .. we should get rid of them (Original Post)
srican69
Nov 2014
OP
Just like the filibuster rules, you hate it when it hurts you, love it when it benefits you.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2014
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BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)1. I could only get psyched up for finals myself
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)2. It's the only way the party in power can claim ObSTRucTiOnISt !!!
That way they don't have to actually do anything for people
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)3. Just like the filibuster rules, you hate it when it hurts you, love it when it benefits you.
We loved the midterms in 2006 for good reason.
There's an ebb and flow in all things politics.
Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)6. Tommy, sorry about your home states of MD and FL
I honestly believe that some DUers, if the question were put to them, particularly after election losses, would actually favor (or at least favor on DU) a constitutional amendment banning the Republican Party and making the Democratic Party the only legal political party in America.
I guess no one wants to hear of pendulums and ebbs and flows and it's going to be OK and so forth on the morning after a loss. I guess I've said enough.
Kaleva
(36,342 posts)4. I think what you really want is to eliminate losing elections.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)5. That woud have to be done by Constitutional amendment
so don't hold your breath.