I’ve noticed a disturbing trend when talking with people who say that they are unhappy with the way congress, and the government in general, has been performing. They want things to change, they want less government, more accountability, etc, etc, whatever. They say “vote them all out”, then they say the magic words “except for my congresscritter, (s)he is the exception.” Folks, if you don’t vote out your congressperson, who do you think is going to vote them out? You can’t vote out other peoples congressperson. What concerns me is that this is how everyone is thinking, and in November we’re still going to see that 80%+ re-election rate.
The time to vote them out and still stay with your party has passed (the primaries are over). And yes, over 80% of incumbents were selected to run again and usually with less than 25% of voters participating. (Sad reflection of our country).