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If America Dislikes Congress, There's a Very Funny Way of Showing It

According to conventional, popular wisdom, America dislikes Congress and thinks it is about the most unpopular institution in the nation.  Actually, no, that's only what Americans tell pollsters, how they really feel is how they vote, and going by the 97% - 98% re-election rates, at least on the House of Representatives side, but no lower than 90% on the Senate side, we would say that America loves Congress and the status quo, at least for now.

Mark Greene will probably never run for the House of Representatives, again, but will likely run for the U.S. Senate or other statewide offices someday.  Nonetheless, the Citizens Party is always recruiting citizens to run for political office and we would like to see one of our own run against Smith or Basler in 2016.  Maybe, our own Ashley.  Time will tell.

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