In a democracy, Congressmen and women are supposed to be public servants, drawn from the body politic, not career politicians. That's why the Representatives have to stand for re-election every two years. The Founders figured that was about how long they could serve without getting corrupted-- and they were RIGHT. Senators, who have to be at least 35 years old, they presumed would be wiser and better able to resist temptation, so they gave them a term of six years. That may have been too long, judging from the results. Example: Orin Hatch ran originally on a platform of TERM LIMITS! His campaign slogan for his first campaign was, "24 years is long enough". That's how long his opponent had served. I think he was sincere. Hatch retired as one of the longest-serving Senators in history. Power corrupts.

Without incumbency, wouldn't our government be unstable? It's SUPPOSED to be. It is supposed to be able to quickly adapt to the changing needs of the people. Can't do that with career politicians in charge. We weren't supposed to have political parties, either...

I like the way incumbency is handled in Chile: Their president can serve two terms, like ours, but in Chile, the two terms cannot be consecutive. I'd go for a similar rule for ALL elected Federal offices. Send No One Back!

Just a thought: If Trump had known he could not run again in 2020, would he have pressured Ukraine to dig up dirt on Biden?  Two whole Impeachment circuses could have been avoided. Without incumbency, there would have been no Gulf War, no Watergate, no Kennedy assassination. Truman would never have been president. Hiroshima would not have happened. Russia might never have even heard of the atomic bomb. The Cold War might have been avoided. Lincoln would not have been assassinated, Reconstruction would not have happened, maybe even Sherman's march through the South, leaving a swath of death and destruction, might have been avoided. These are all terrible things that did happen, BECAUSE AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WAS RE-ELECTED. Read history. 

The best part is, such a change does not require term limits, a Constitutional amendment, or even the agreement of a single politician--just determination from the voters. We, the People, can effect this change ourselves! And it's simple and easy: just don't vote for any incumbents. That's all. SEND NO ONE BACK! 

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