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stevedeshazer

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Sat Aug-09-03 01:52 AM
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11. No, I don't agree

Running the congressional campaigns in concert with the presidential campaign dilutes the system of checks and balances. It would grant even more power to the executive branch, something we definitely do not need.

Also, a four-year congressional cycle would eliminate the ability to make a midterm correction by voters. Although it didn't happen as we had hoped in 2002, midterm congressional elections afford an opportunity to keep the executive branch in check and change the course of an administration, such as that which happened in 1994.

Good topic, on that we can agree.

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