SIGN OF THE TIMES?: Most everyone approves of term limits (with the exception of incumbent politicians), but voters continue to elect the same people. What’s the disconnect?
Most everyone seems to agree on term limits but career politicians
By Watchdog.org M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter——Bio and Archives--July 8, 2014
MADISON, Wis. — For voters who fancy congressional term limits, state Sen. Glenn Grothman might just be their man.
Grothman, one of three Republicans running for Wisconsin’s 6th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, on Monday sent out a press release pledging that, if elected, he would limit his tenure in the House to 10 years.
In so doing, he took a shot at career politician Petri.
“Over the last three months as I’ve traveled throughout the 6th district meeting voters, I’ve heard a great deal of concern that they will get another congressman who will be in Washington for 35 years like Congressman Petri,” said Grothman, who moved from West Bend to Campbellsport to run for the seat.
“I, therefore, pledge to serve in Congress for a maximum of 10 years, or five terms. The issues facing America are so pressing that we need to act now or we might lose our country altogether,” the candidate added.
Grothman’s fellow contestants in the Republican primary, state Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Sheboygan, and state Rep. Duey Stroebel, R-Town of Cedarburg, have pledged to limit their time in the House, too.
“I am a citizen legislator, who got into public service to get things done — not to make it a career,” Stroebel said in a statement that picks at Grothman’s and Leibham’s combined 40 years in politics.
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