Rick Perry
Governor Perry should have to resign his office to run for another office. If President Obama wanted to run for anything other than reelection he should also have to resign from office. I'm of the opinion that running for office has gotten out of hand and you really can't tell when a politician isn't running for reelection or another office. As much as they complain about raising money 24/7 and the fact that in the real world fund raising would really put a crimp in being a legislator, the world has been turned upside down and the legislative process is actually much more difficult than dialing for dollars. A recent campaign to stop donations for incumbants isn't very likely to succeed but many of the long term incumbants are in such safe districts that money raised at home is doled out to other less senior folks as a form of influence peddling or used to scare off primary opponents. As a result talking points, fund raisers, and ...