Congress Was Never Meant to Be a Retirement Home - Illinois Review

Much is being written about the “shocking” Colorado primary in which 29-year old Melat Kiros overthrew 15 term incumbent Diana DeGette to win a congressional nomination this June. - John F. Di Leo

• The key element may not be the fact that Melat Kiros won, but the fact that there was a 29 year incumbent in the seat.
• The incumbent is no centrist; the two of them are virtually identical on the issues...

At the same time, a couple of states to the east, the Republican leadership of Kentucky is doing some nervous hand-wringing of its own. Longtime Senator Mitch McConnell, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 1985, hasn’t been heard from in weeks, after being found unconscious and rushed to the hospital by ambulance in mid-June...

• President Jefferson once said that “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
• Perhaps the blood wouldn’t feel so necessary if the politicians would just step down of their own accord, before they reach their expiration date.