Careerism in Washington "goes to the heart of what's wrong in America right now."
The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.
Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.
Few things infuse a member of Congress with more courage than self-imposed term limits or an imminent retirement. The issues they choose to focus on in their final months say a great deal about what are really the most important issues in the country.
We can achieve much greater representation through term-limited members.
What makes this mentality dangerous is that when the team is held together by careerism and mindless partisanship, individual members are punished for thinking for themselves.