is a story that is out today in examiner,"gton "americans for val congress but keep reelecting incumbentsover and over." you write that it is the most inexplicable paradox in politics. congress andvile its inhabitants yet are voting the same individuals into office far longer than any time in history." these are career politicians out and out. it didn't used to be that way. if you go back to the history of our country, 100 years ago, there was only 26 members who had been there for 30 years -- excuse me, 26 to of been there for 20 years, and virtually no 6 who had been there for 30 years. the rise of the career politician is a new phenomenon. and as has often been throughout our history, but it certainly looks like it is rising lately, and these 2 factors are directly at odds with one another and it is really bizarre phenomena that they exist in tandem. rise of the career politician" and be seen on this chart from "the washington examiner." the blue line here is the number of members of congress who have been in office 20 years or more. the orange line members have been 20 years or more.

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