Can you imagine 535 new congressmen in the nation’s capital? (Yes, I realize we only vote for one-third of the Senate at a time.) Instead of slowing bringing in new people who can be taught by the old how to grease each other’s palm and scratch each other’s back to entrench themselves in the system, you’d have 535 people who wouldn’t even know where their offices are.

There’d be no existing relationships with lobbyists. No one would be well-versed in parliamentary rule. They’d probably have to rewrite the rules of the House and Senate. They’d look at the way the system has been working – like any outsider looking at a new company – and start addressing all of the problems that make it defective.

Special interest groups would have no hold on any of them. The new representatives and senators wouldn’t owe anything to anyone except the voters.

And they’d all be emboldened. There’d be no established leadership to fear crossing. There’d be no senior members who could put the hammer down and prevent them from speaking their mind. Debate would be honest, and people would say what they mean.

I think this is why people are so excited for the 2020 election. For conservatives, it’s a chance to put the House of Representatives (and a few RINO senators) in their place. But if you look at all the career politicians up for election, it’s really a chance to clear the decks of Democrats AND Republicans and start again in the United States Congress.

(Now, if only we could all vote for everyone else’s Representative. (Isn’t it amazing how many bad, universally-disliked, Congresspeople get elected term-after-term? How the heck does Pelosi do it?)