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Originally Posted by urgeag
The above-quoted article sets forth a number of reasons why Congress is not representing U.S. Citizens, including the Incumbent Financial Advantage, Pork Barrel Spending, and Gerrymandering.
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Gerrymandering should gradually fade away -- that's a vestiage of pure de jure racism.
Pork Barrel spending would be far less problematic if it were a pure public transparent process AND congressional members could earmark no-bid contracts and name things after themselves.
Incumbent Advantage -- well the best thing there would be term limits and work on increasing fund-raising transparency.
However, Gerrymandering has nothing to do with a state-wide senate race.
Incumbency and Pork Barrel spending have more to do with the laws of seniority in the Senate; however, that's a problem with the whole structure of the Senate.
However, if you look at Teddy Kennedy's career in Blue MA and compare it to others like Don Young's and Ted Steven's in Red AK (or dude in Hawaii) it becomes clear that Kennedy worked for others not to enrich his own pockets like those guys.