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This is my fear regarding Obama’s Tsars. They have massive power and are utterly unaccountable. No amount of term limits touches the Tsars, and it will take a very different Republican than John McCain (or, I fear, Mitt Romney) to shut them down.

How many years, how many Presidents, since a government program was ended?

Mew

The other side of the “lame duck” argument is that the presence of term limits might make elective office less valuable to the power hungry, in which case there would be less to fear from lame ducks.

My observation – opinion only – is there’s a tipping point in Congress at which a Representative / Senator stops representing his constituents to the government and starts representing the government to his constituents. It’s a big part of why I get such a laugh when opponents talk about all the “experience” we’d lose if term limits were implemented: yes, we get so much benefit from the experience of Barney Frank, San Fran Nan, Henry Waxman, Bobby Byrd, the late Sen. Ted, John F Kerry, etc. And, just to be bipartisan, all too often Sen McCain seems to think he’s “grown” beyond the wisdom of the people he supposedly represents.

They’re not a silver bullet; reducing the amount of $$$ Washington has to play with would be the bullet, but that’s not happening any time soon.

Moment of caution.

While term limits will weaken the power of the congresscritters, the question I have to ask is whether it will weaken the power of the central government overall, or whether the power will merely shift to some other government organ.

I would be much, much happier with Teddy K being, well, himself as a senator, having to put up with a re-election yearly than as an appointed (and therefore non-removable) Tsar…

Remember – Chicago eventually voted out Rostenkowski.

Mew

acat on August 27, 2009 at 11:25 AM

An excellent point… term limits must be implemented carefully, and they’re not a silver bullet. My own reservation about term limits, far outweighed by the good I think they would do, is that removing the fear of losing a re-election bid would liberate some of the congress-critters to do their worst. Lame ducks have little to fear from the voters, after all, aside from a general desire not to doom the party’s chances of retaining the seat.

An overall emphasis on Constitutional fidelity, and strict controls on the options available to government, must be part of the solution too. We need limited terms for the occupation of uncomfortable seats.

While term limits will weaken the power of the congresscritters, the question I have to ask is whether it will weaken the power of the central government overall, or whether the power will merely shift to some other government organ.

I would be much, much happier with Teddy K being, well, himself as a senator, having to put up with a re-election yearly than as an appointed (and therefore non-removable) Tsar…

Remember – Chicago eventually voted out Rostenkowski.

Mew

Yesterday morning ABC put up a quote by Obama saying Kennedy was “the greatest U.S. Senator of our time.” That was one of the more ridiculous statements our POTUS has made – and that’s significant considering all the ridiculous things he’s said.

Your work, your wit, and your withering way with words are much appreciated.

Brian1972 on August 27, 2009 at 5:13 AM

Hmmm. That sounds familiar….

Seriously, I believe we’d be better off without 2/3rds of our supposed representatives on the right side of the aisle as well. We need people to represent us who know how to say no to new programs and more spending, and who will begin the Herculean task of shrinking our federal government to a reasonable size.

Term limits, baby.

In the spirit of Teddy, let’s not level the playing field, let’s tilt it the other way for a while first.

As I have heard from so many race obsessed liberals, it’s only fair after such a long period of oppression to have the oppressed do the oppressing for some time to catch up.

How about that?

I’m all in favor of naming the term limits bill after Edward Kennedy. It would be a fitting tribute.

Amen. In discussing Kennedy, how does one ignore the total record? And don’t get me started about Mary Jo…

It should be engraved on Ted Kennedy’s headstone.