As is the case with anyone else wearing the D shirt instead of the R.

If politics and government are a team sport, I don't approach them like a fan where I live or die by my team or the players on it. I approach it like an OWNER. If the players aren't producing, get someone else out on the field. If a player commits a foul on or off the field that reflects upon their trustworthiness to be ON the field, get them off the team.

When numerous Democratic politicians went far astray,

* Bob Menendez - US Senator, Ohio
* Andrew Cuomo - New York Governor
* Rob Blagojevich - Illinois Governor
* Eliot Spitzer - New York Governor
* James Traficant - US Representative, OH

it didn't take two miliseconds for me to concur with indicting, convicting and jailing them or at least chasing them out of office. I'm particularly disgusted that somehow Bob Menendez escaped appropriate justice on his first go-around and is now wasting the public's time and resources on a second round of crimes involving far more serious corruption.

It's not a party thing, it's a human thing. Hell, Wikipedia has a landing page with links to federal, state and local politicians convicted of crimes while in office dating back to the 1850s:

en.wikipedia.org - List of lists of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes

When you cycle 537 people (435 + 100 + 2) through federal offices every two to four years amid a corruptly financed campaign process, there are GOING to be some bad seeds in the bunch. When they start sprouting or can be identified, yank 'em out. There's no emotional or brand attachment.

Put more plainly, the vast majority of politicians lack the communication and problem solving skills to be LEADERS so they shouldn't be treated like leaders to be followed. They should be treated like employees to be watched. Carefully.

WTH