Mary Bono Mack

Mary’s positions on the issues aren’t what get our attention. It’s that she’s served more terms than is reasonable. She’s served more than one. The other item, although not as disconcerting to us at TfTL as her multiple terms, is that she voted for the recent climate bill in spite of great opposition from the majority of her constituents.* She didn’t represent them or the values of her party. Of course, independence is good to a point. In this case, she joined the lemmings and ran off the cliff.**

Republican House Turncoats

UPDATE: The New York Times has some great infographics on the climate change bill.
8 Republicans voted for the climate change bill that just passed the House. We will be showcasing them in the upcoming week. None of them deserve reelection for voting for this completely unconstitutional bill.

Howard Berman

Howard Berman, is like so many others, an attorney-turned-career-politician. He clearly represents the business interests his district, voting for legislation that would protect “Hollywood” based businesses. He is also a politician of the first order. Our founding fathers never intended us to make careers out of federally elected offices. It is for this reason alone that TfTL recommends all in the 28th district to not reelect this career politician.

Jane Harman

It was recently reported that Rep. Harman was a supporter of the previous administration’s “warrentless wiretaps” as part of the Patriot Act. She was a very vocal supporter until she was caught, in one of those wiretaps, discussing various issues with a foreign government. If her 8 terms weren’t enough to convince people to vote for her challenger (of either party), then maybe her recent check on her convictions will be.

David Dreier

David Dreier, former real estate executive (after 28 years in the house, did he really have a career?), is fairly popular in his right-leaning district. He’s served on several committees, including the house rules committee. Considered a “moderate” republican by some, he’s won reelection by solid margins. But, he’s been there 28 years. It’s time for someone else to represent the 26th district.

Barbara Boxer

Senator Barbara Boxer has been there a short 16 years. She’s against the constitutional electoral college (clearly not understanding its most important purpose).

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis is not a famous actor. But he did used to be an insurance broker-30 years ago. He’s also a rare republican in the top 25.

Henry Waxman

Former attorney Henry Waxman is another one of California’s “forever” representatives. This 17 term (38 years) democrat represents the 30th district. His district is a mix of affluent and poor, and it appears, from his voting record, that the poor aren’t getting their votes worth.

George Miller

George Miller continues California’s penchant for re-electing the same person over and over and over (and over). This 17 term (38 years) democrat represents the 7th district. He, like most members of congress, is also an attorney. One claim to fame (and reason to toss him out) is that he voted against his district as a super delegate to the 2008Democratic Party’s presidential primary. His district supported Hillary Clinton.

Pete Stark

Fortney Hillman “Pete” Stark, Jr. has represented California’s 13th district since 1973. In his 18 terms, or 36 years he has been the only declared atheist in the House. His wiki has this interesting tidbit: Ironically, Stark ran against George P. Miller, “For Miller being in Washington – too long, elected in 1944.”

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