The vast majority of Americans favor term limits, despite the fact that 91 percent of sitting congressmen were re-elected in 2012.

A Gallup poll released Friday shows that 75 percent of Americans would vote for term limits, for both the House and Senate, if given the opportunity.

The polling outfit reports that Republicans and independents favored term limits slightly more than Democrats. Republicans said they would vote for term limits 82 percent to 15 percent against, independents 79 percent to 17 percent and Democrats 65 percent to 29 percent.
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The elimination of the Electoral College received more bipartisan support than term limits, with Republicans in favor of abandoning it 61 percent to 30 percent against, Democrats 66 percent favored to 30 percent against, and independents 63 percent to 29 percent against.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/18/3-out-...al-term-limits/

I've never understood how men like John McCain, John Kerry, Harry Reid, etc., could stay in Congress for years and years!
Look at Charlie Rangel, Nancy Pelosi. All of them go to Washington and become millionaires after the first term.

We definitely need term limits and that goes for aging out of the Supreme Court, also. Some of them are hanging on by a thread but making some of the most important decisions for the American people.

John McCain stays in office because he is continually elected in his state. During FOXNews' coverage of the Republican National Convention I heard Sarah Palin talking about John McCain. She said she was disappointed that she wasn't speaking at the convention because if she had stood on the stage she would have wished John McCain a happy birthday. It is this adoration of people in public office that fuels sentimentality and furthers the aura of legitimacy around the ruling class.