Originally Posted by buggyone

In answer to a few of Rubicon's questions:

1. I have no idea of where the term "czar" came from when taken in the context of our government. However, from what I know of it when I was in Washington a few years ago, a "czar" is an expert in some specified field who is hired to give advise to one of the cabinet heads or the President. I have a friend who was dubbed "steam czar" by the Washington Post as he was the government expert on the steam tunnels that connected all the government buildings downtown. In government titling, there is no such official title as "czar" but would be called a "special assistant".

2. Regarding the number of Representatives and Senators - The number of senators is set by the Constitution and the representatives is set by the Constitution by population - I do not know who decided 435 - but it is on the population of the state. Do we need that many? Probably not but it would take an act of Congress to change it and would Congress vote to downsize itself?

3. Based on Pres. Obama's 3.5 years in office, should we elect him again? To me, the answer is "Yes".