I liked the article until the last paragraph. It ended on a rather sour note.

It bothers me that voters feel that "change" for the sake of change is more important that a candidate's experience. I don't think that experience is what is bogging down Washington. I think there are hundreds of serious issues that have largely been ignored because the voters stopped pressing those elected officials to get the job done. Voters tend to think their job is done once they have fulfilled their obligation by voting. The polls tell Washington they are doing a lousy job, but then we go ahead again the vote in another group that continues promising without any real solutions. Every solution will work out well for some and for some it will hurt them. That is why nothing gets done. Elected officials are afraid of not getting re-elected again and so they don't want to offend any group that helped them get their job.