while overly cynical, yes, term limits do have such adverse effects. perhaps we could rather have yearly (electronic) reconfirmation votes (negative result trig

while overly cynical, yes, term limits do have such adverse effects. perhaps we could rather have yearly (electronic) reconfirmation votes (negative result triggers a full election), fixed publicly-funded campaign budgets (with temp staff completely separate from governance staff), and a rejection of corporate influence (i.e., citizens united) in elections. that would still hold politicians accountable to the people (not corps), but not impose hard and somewhat arbitrary limits.