Randomiser wrote:C. O. Thompson, if you don't mind a Brit chipping in, Congressmen/women have little option but be always thinking about the next election, since they are only elected for two years. After 6 months they must be thinking about how to fund the next expensive campaign, which, with the best will in the world, is bound to make them unduly sensitive to what will go down well with their funders. 3 or 4 years would be a better term. At 4 you could even elect half of them every 2 years if desired.
I don't mind a Brit contributing ideas (even though Cromwell expelled my first ancestor to the colonies after the battle of Worcester)...
If I ran the world for a day, the US Congress would serve one six year term, the Senate would serve one 12 year term with one senator from each state elected every six years and the President would serve one 10 year term with no Congressional/Senatorial elections at the same time election.
Nominees would be selected from a list much as when we are called for jury duty and congress would be at-large rather than by districts which have convoluted lines.
But, hey... I have been wrong before and have even had other readers tell me that some of the things I write should be in the free form topics.