My more simplistic approach, given the way our elected representatives act as described in the letter-to-the-editor, is to vote as follows...

Vote for the candidate with the least experience in elected office in Washington regardless of party or campaign platform. Then never vote for that candidate for re-election to a subsequent term.


Members of Congress, once elected, seem to immediately begin to play the fund-raising game with their "base constituencies" and other special interest groups in an attempt to gain re-election. If we throw them all out each term and start over, maybe some of the statesmen that were so effective in the growth of our nation will begin to re-emerge. If and when that happens I'll happily go back to the"old" way of selecting a candidate to vote for.