The list of has been Congressman getting out of the way to allow new blood just grew again with Chuck Hagel announcing he will retire. Hagel joins John Warner from Virginia and the embattled Larry Craig from Idaho on a growing list of Republican retirees. Is it just a coincidence that these gentleman also backed the immigration debacle?Nonetheless, whatever the reasons I applaud these men for recognizing that their time has come. These Republicans are worthy of respect. These gentleman have heard the calls of their constituents and realized it is time to step aside. Unlike their compatriots on the left side of the aisle.
The only time you will see a Dem removed from Congress is when they are dragged away kicking and screaming by the FBI or wheeled out on a stretcher. Elderly Robert Byrd can barely speak in a coherent manner yet he continues to occupy his seat from West Virginia. Ted Kennedy has sat in the Senate so long that now his brother's children and grandchildren sit in congressional seats with him.
If we could get Congress to place term limits upon themselves I think that we wouldn't have the ineffective legislative body that we have now. I do not believe the intent of the Constitutional Congress was to create a system where representatives remain in their elected positions for life. And certainly not for them to re-engineer voting districts to make it easier for them to do so.
