Associated Press/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File - FILE - In this June 7, 2012 file photo, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. When the results are counted this Tuesday, Americans are poised to resoundingly rehire roughly 350 of the 535 members of the House and Senate despite railing for months about an ineffective, bitterly divided legislature. The once-in-a-decade redrawing of congressional districts is one of the main reasons why so many lawmakers will return to Washington _ and the first election after that politically driven process is typically a high point _ but redistricting isn’t the only reason. The power of incumbency with its name recognition and cash advantage also is responsible.
Your employee has barely produced the past two years, has hardly showed up for work, hasn't cooperated with others and has gotten low marks on every evaluation. Time to fire 'em, right?

Wrong.

When the results are counted this Tuesday, Americans will have resoundingly rehired a big majority of the House and Senate despite railing for months about an ineffective, bitterly divided Congress.
Help from the once-a-decade redrawing of congressional districts is one reason so many lawmakers will return to Washington. The first election after that politically driven process is typically a high point for those in office. But redistricting is hardly the only reason. The power of incumbency, with its name recognition and cash advantages, also is responsible.

At least 15 senators of the 22 seeking re-election are expected to cruise to new terms. The same is true for at least 330 House members from coast to coast, based on interviews with Republicans and Democrats, opinion polls and a tally of non-competitive races.

There have been some close calls. Twenty-one-term Rep. Charlie Rangel faced a scare in his primary but probably will win in his heavily Democratic New York City district. Sen. Orrin Hatch fought off a tea party challenge and is expected to easily win a seventh term in solidly Republican Utah. Ethics and sex scandals — even skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee — won't stop other incumbents.


Welcome back Charlie Rangel.

Posted in a separate thread, but shows the reason for such outragious repeats of stupidity!

PBS Frontline Special...Big Sky, Big Money: Buying Political Campaigns

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/big-sky-big-money/

Sorry but the average voter is not capable of grasping the fact that all the members of the house and senate work togther to keep things the way they are including their own willingness to allow insider trading among themselves (just recently agreed upon.) Every congressman and senator had 7 lobbyist each paid more than a million dollars to shape and influence all efforts of the house and senate and we wonder why so little can change? DUH We cant see the **** from the bigger ****. While obama may appear sincere it does not matter even if he is he cannot change the way the house and senate operate and we still want to foolishly believe that any given member can alleviate the socialistic aspects of the senate and house as you must prostitute yourself in order to facilitate any change and thats just the way its been done and the public cannot grasp it and prefers the bromides of obama saying stay the course and get it done yea like four more years of this , or Romney claiming to bring about change while backing trillions for defence and the MIC military industrial complex and the war efforts. we all deserve what we get by not listening and voting on our emotions which are easily manipulated,,,