I have a sincere hope that the punishment of incumbents amounts to some level of accountability for delivering on promises. I'm not sure if that hope has any basis in fact as yet, and in fact there's plenty to suggest it's bald-faced optimism and nothing more. Still, one has to wonder if people are tired of being treated like consumers of our political process instead of as participants in it.
I have a sincere hope that the punishment of incumbents amounts to some level of accountability for delivering on promises. I'm not sure if that hope has any basis in fact as yet, and in fact there's plenty to suggest it's bald-faced optimism and nothing more. Still, one has to wonder if people are tired of being treated like consumers of our political process instead of as participants in it.