I find Term Limits intuitively appealing, and clearly Jefferson, Madison, et al, never envisioned the “career politician” to be so common. Frankly though, if the elitists were unable to exempt themselves (or anyone else to buy votes) from the laws they write, it would remove one of the primary advantages of an incumbent. That is, to hand out favors (exemptions) for the sole purpose of buying votes for the next election. They obfuscate the issue by calling it many things (special interests, “bringing home the bacon”, earmarks, etc.) but its all the same thing and in clear violation of the U.S. Constitution. At least its clear to me. NO ONE is above the law, period. Case closed. No exceptions. In the words of Rush, “Zip, Zero, Nada!”
So take away this advantage, and Term Limits become much less needed.
Secondly, the Founders HAVE Term Limits built in. Only federal judges get lifetime appointments, and they can be impeached if needed. Everyone else has to face the voters each term. Take away incumbents’ unconstitutional advantages, and they would have to get re-elected based on their record instead of how many monuments they built for themselves in their home state with taxpayer funds.
We the People in Ohio are about to elect the Constitutionalist Reaganite Conservative John Kasich as our next Governor. For those of you who don’t know him … yet … he was part of Newt’s Revolution of 1994 and was one the handful of congressmen that actually kept their self-imposed term limit promise. We also have a good chance of replacing a RINO Senator with a Conservative.
Outside of Cleveland & Columbus, you might be surprised to see how red Ohio really is, but we are crippled by the fact that there are
so many college towns, plus EVERY media outlet (save a couple talk radio stations), that are in lock step with the Leftist LameSM.
King Barry’s theft of GM and Chrystler has left a huge hole in our industrial base and The Omnipotent One has graced us with several visitations to spew His venomous “hate-speech” for everything capitalist far too often for my taste. Couple this with a jihadist appointed by the current occupant of the state house, and Buckeye Land is ripe for a Conservative Rebellion this fall.
Ironically, Kasich is an example of the downside of Term Limits. We could have used a few more like him in Congress these last 12 years.

Would love to see the text of your “pre-oath”
As for the precinct thing, I actually looked into that in the Dark Ages of Clinton. The precinct captain at the time was a major competitor of the family business, and I was excluded out-of-hand. Quite frankly, I wanted no part of any organization in which that scumbag had a position of power. I don’t know who’s there now, but I’ll check it out.
My Congressman is John Boehner, who I’m quite pleased with and
is likely to win this fall quite handily. Boehner is a 1994 “classmate” of John Kasich, who I would love to help move into the governor’s mansion this fall. Boehner’s 1994 Contract pledge was to refuse “All earmarks”, and he’s kept his pledge for 16 years. Because of that, I would peg him as the one most likely to introduce my “dream-bill” of No Exemptions, Past, Present and Future. As Speaker, he could get this on the floor of the house in January 2011. I would LOVE to see these elitists defend their “Above the Law” status. Health Care Takeover – Dead. Cap and Tax – Dead. Hell, 90% of Tax Law is giving one citizen advantage over another. The far reaching effects of enforcing this one simple constitutional precept is astounding.