The Democratic Party nominee for vice-president only 6 years ago must have changed his views a lot since then!

The recent decisions by prominent elected democratic party members in Congress not to support Senator Lieberman if he loses the Democratic Party nomination for the Senate and decides to run as an independent is disturbing, yet unfortunately not surprising.

Not supporting him because he has already served three consecutive terms (18 years) is the correct reason, but it's not theirs. They put political party first even though I suspect many believe he would be a better Senator than the most likely democratic party nominee.

Our country has a long tradition of its citizens voting as Americans first, while being a member of a particular political party is quite far down the list of what determines who someone votes for. Our current elected long-term out-of-touch members of Congress long ago lost sight of this with the lure and dreams of majority hierarchy dancing in their heads.

It's time to replace these long-term ineffective legislators with people who are closer to our oldest traditions and beliefs of short terms of service in Congress. It's time for limited term-limits for members of Congress.


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