re: #277 KGxvi
As my AP Government teacher said many, many years ago: a politician’s number one job is to get re-elected. That’s all they need to know.
If that were still the case, we wouldn’t be in as deep of doodoo as we are now. Job one appears to be to appease massive donors (at least on the Republican side) so that when you ultimately loose your seat due to term limits, infidelity/pedophilia, a primary challenge by an even crazier wingnut, or the election of a Democrat there will by a nice, cushy job on the wingnut welfare circuit waiting for you.