Last time GOP suggested Term Limits was with their 'Contract on America' - how well did they do?

[LynneSin]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/27/193528/108

To help you out, here are the names of the Representatives who made this promise:

Charles Bass, NH-02
Steve Chabot, OH-01
Tom Davis, VA-11
Mark Foley, FL-16
Rodney Frelinghuysen, NJ-11
Gil Gutknecht, MN-01
Doc Hastings, WA-04
J.D. Hayworth, AZ-08
John Hostettler, IN-09
Walter Jones, NC-03
Sue Kelly, NY-19
Ray LaHood, IL-18
Tom Latham, IA-04
Steven LaTourette, OH-14
Sue Myrick, NC-09
Robert Ney, OH-18
Charlie Norwood, GA-09
George Radanovich, CA-19
John Shadegg, AZ-03
Mac Thornberry, TX-13
Todd Tiahrt, KS-04
Dave Weldon, FL-15
Jerry Weller, IL-11
Ed Whitfield, KY-01
Roger Wicker, MS-01

Here are the senators elected that year who made the same pledge:

Mike DeWine, OH
Jon Kyl, AZ
Rick Santorum, PA
Olympia Snowe, ME
Craig Thomas, WY

All of these Republican Contract With America candidates are seeking reëlection! Of course, there were others elected in 1994 seeking reëlection this year who did not make this pledge, but they're not on they hypocrite list. Republican Representative Phil English, PA-3, comes to mind. While I'm no fan of Mr. English, I can't call him a hypocrite, since he didn't make this promise. I'd like to see English out of office, too, but the hypocrite alert applies to the congresspeople listed above, not him.

So, citizens, it's your civic duty to keep your government honest, no matter what. Simply by running to serve in excess of twelve years, the above hypocrites are breaking their promise and living that lie, whether they win or lose. The best thing to do is to make sure they lose, so they'll be kept at least a little bit honest. Because if they'll break such a basic promise, who knows what other promises they'll break? If these congresspeople are currently representing you in Congress, help them break the addiction to incumbency that they ran against in 1994 and vote them out. Voting them out will help you, and it will help them. You owe it to your country.

[asjr]

1. I never liked that phrase Contract on America. Made

me think of Newt Gingrich as a hit man after us.

[LynneSin]

2. Technically it was a hit on America (and they used "with" not "on")

but that's just my 2 cents

[Winterblues]

3. Democrats were in Controll then as they are now..

Notice it never was an issue for the Decade Republicans were the Majority Party.. They sense they may be out of power for a long long time so they want to limit Democrats...Remember all those Republicans that Pledged to only fullfill one or two terms and then when their time was up they somehow sort of changed their minds...

[LynneSin]

4. History is repeating itself - this time we better not sleep thru it

[Obamanaut]

5. Campaign promises not kept. Imagine that. n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. You'd like to see Phil English out of office? Then I have some good news for you:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapHPA/H/03

[LynneSin]

9. The point was - they were all to stop running for office in 2006 - they lied

nuff said

[TlalocW]

7. Seems to me that

The handwriting is on the wall for their chances for the foreseeable future when it comes to unseating sitting democrats.

TlalocW

[kentuck]

8. They won!

And that was a big reason why.

[cark]

10. Term limits were on the ballot in 23 states in 1995

and passed overwhelming in each state but..............

In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court found that the states do not have the constitutional authority to regulate the tenure of federal legislators. The ruling effectively overturns term limits laws in 23 states and makes amending the Constitution the only sure means of restricting incumbency.

"Allowing the several states to adopt term limits for congressional service would effect a fundamental change" in the Constitution, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the court. "Any such change must come not by legislation adopted either by Congress or by an individual state, but rather . . . through the amendment procedures."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/termlimits/stories/052395.htm

[baldguy]

11. They like to promote term limits.

When they're not in power.

[LynneSin]

12. Which is why I do NOT want the filibuster to go away

because one day we may need it again