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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:33 PM Original message |
Poll question: Now do you support term limits for Congress? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. 6 Terms for the House 4 for the Senate |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Term Limits but they can run again |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Excellent idea. I wasn't sure how to vote, since I agree that we have |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is undemocratic to limit the options of voters |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Beyond that, it's hard to find good Congresspeople |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. If we didn't have gerrymandering, I'd agree |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Here is FL we have term limits for state legislators |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. What about a constitutional amendment for campaign finance reform? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I'm not real intersted in campaign finance reform |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. We have term limits in Florida, and it's a disaster!!! |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Only for those Congressmen who supported them |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's called "democracy". |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. And outlaw being a paid lobbyist |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. There's A Solution In There Somewhere, Walt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. No friken WAY |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. So Barney Frank could be a |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 05:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I'll take Robert Byrd over Howdy Doody Allen or any GOP thug any day |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. The existing laws are not effective. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. Not now, not ever. Elections are "term limits"..... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. And guess what? Blunt, DeLay, Hastert and Ney are still around. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Sorry, that ones just non-negotiable to me....I will NEVER support |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 05:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. With any luck, they'll be around for a long time--in the prison yard n/t |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, one term only. Mebbe elected by lottery (like jury duty, draft). |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That might be a bit of an overkill |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. I haven't seen a dead heat issue here in awhile... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. I share your concern for the overwhelming |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. See, I think experience is overrated |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. So called term limits definatly aren't rocket science |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. I oppose them |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. kick |
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Beacho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. We already have term limits |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Yeah and in my district no Democratic congressional candidate |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Like Yupster said |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Would term limits help, though? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ex President Clinton in 2008 |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
26. Rather have campaign finance reform |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
30. no term limits helps the congressman feel they can afford |
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ISUGRADIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
31. Christ, the presidency is already too powerful. |
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mantrid (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
34. I tend to think they're a pretty good idea |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Hi mantrid!! |
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mantrid (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Thanks! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. kick |
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dragonlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
39. If I want to vote for Feingold three times for Senate |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
40. No. It's up to the people to decide who they want to represent them. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. kick |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. Most of the people being indicted in the Abromoff scandal are staffers |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. kick |
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