Throw the bums out ...

I met an interesting guy this weekend at a conference in Owego. Russ Diamond spoke about an effort he was involved in this year in Pennsylvania. Apparently the PA legislature did some things that offended a lot of people (even the press). Diamond and his group picked up on this and got a substantial number of people to run against incumbents in what he described as "Operation Clean Sweep". This effort led to a far greater than usual turnover in the PA legislature this year, with as many as 50 incumbents leaving - either by being beaten or by retiring in greater numbers than in typical years. Diamond estimated the turnover as 5 times the typical number (10).

His group's website is: http://www.pacleansweep.com/

I'd love to try to do something like this on the federal level, and hope to discuss such an effort with Diamond once this election is over.