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To: LindyBill who wrote (408066)	2/1/2011 8:36:55 AM
From: SteveinTX	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793998

It suddenly struck me that you could change a few words and have an equally compelling story: Congressional Incumbent Reelection Targeted by Governors NEW YORK TIME Seizing on a national anxiety over congress's national performance, many state governors are taking aim at a bedrock tradition of elected public officials: continuous reelection of incumbents which amounts to tenure. The momentum began over a year ago with President Obama's call to measure and reward effective congressional stewardship over the country, a challenge he repeated in last week's State of the Union address. Now several governors have concluded that removing ineffective congressmen requires undoing the century-old protections of mindless incumbent reelection. Governors in Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Nevada and New Jersey have called for the elimination or dismantling of incumbent reelection. As state legislatures convene this winter, anti-reelection bills are being written in those states and others. Their chances of passing have risen because of crushing state budget deficits that have put congress critters on the defensive. "It's practically impossible to remove an underperforming incumbent congressman under the system we have now," said Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada, lamenting that his state has the lowest congressional performance record in the nation. Eliminating mindless incumbent reelection, Mr. Sandoval said, would allow voting districts to dismiss congressmen based on competence, not seniority, in the event of national dissatisfaction.