Observation

So, I was watching Jon Stewart's the Daily Show and this woman from the WAPO was hawking her book about partisan politics.

1. Why is it I never heard about partisan politics when Democrats were in control?
2. The premise was the partisan politics is a direct result of the one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on drawing districts the preserve incumbents.
3. Now having said this she states that a politician can say what ever the want and get away with it because the people of the district think the same way.
4. She then says we need to end this incumbence control so we can get a Congress that is more representative of the American people.
5. Look at point 3 and then point 4.
6. As for point 3, don't the people want a politician the is like them to accurately reflect the views of that individual constituency.
7. As for point 4, maybe Congress does not reflect the authors view of what she believes is representative of American people. She is after all a reporter that knows it all and does not have to leave the beltway to gage what Americans rely want in a politician.
8. It is interesting that when the media takes polls it is done on a national scale, yet, Congress is chosen based on individual districts that have their own concerns different from a national consensus. Thus, what the WAPO author believes is the view point of the American general population coud be different based on individual district concerns.