Fantasy Congress picks

My first set of fantasy congress picks were chosen based on names I was familier with from the news. I tried to choose people who are in the news a lot, even if I was not extensively familer with their activities, thinking they would be very active and help my score.

But they were mostly duds, so I have traded most of them away in favor of choices from a list of recommendations I found on someone's post in the forum. Here's hoping I do a little better this week!

My Fantasy Congress Selections

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
Ciro Rodriguez (D)
Maxine Waters (D)
Adam Schiff (D)
Mike Thompson (D)
Claire McCaskill (D)
Harry Reid (D)
Patrick Leahy (D)
Dick Durbin (D)
John Conyers (D)

The Most Pressing Issue

It's really hard to choose just one issue to call the most pressing in American politics, but if forced I have to choose the government itself. More specifically, the current administration has bent and broken so many rules, customs, and laws that I feel the whole face of American government has changed. Any action can be justified "in the interests of national security". Wiretapping, troop increases, even the removal of funding for domestic programs in favor of the war have all been virtually ignored by the citizenry.

The resource in question is unrestricted power and lack of accountability, the when is not only now but into future admistrations (regardless of party), and the how is fearmongering. Power has been fought over since the dawn of humanity, but these days politics have all the trappings of a big-budget Hollywood film.

Our President needs to listen to the people. Our representatives need to stop acting out of fear ("I can't vote for that - I'll be accused of not supporting the troops!"). We need to hold our government to account.