Reply #36: Well, there was Eisenhower

[Jai4WKC08]

He had a very very long time in "public office."

But as for the "throw the bums out" attitude, I think you may be right.

In fact I hope so. I don't particularly want a Washington insider either. It may be my biggest heartburn with Feingold, altho I think his divorced status and being Jewish hurts him terribly too (and I'm Jewish--I like that in him, but I know many voters won't).

But the public is a funny animal. There have been a lot of times they complain about the office holders and then vote them right back in. I don't know if it's wanting the devil you know vs. one you don't, or if they just think that everyone else's congress-critter is a bastard, but theirs is ok.

What it'll probably come down to is who runs the best campaign. And can pull the most strings inside the party apparatus, which is sad. Of some days, I feel cynical enough to figure the corporate media will just hand us our nominee--they are extremely powerful and in the Republican pocket. The more primaries we move forward, the greater role free media will play.