March: A Democrat beat the Republican in the Illinois district formerly held by House Speaker Dennis Hastert. The Republican had spent $9 million of his own money trying to get elected in the last six years.

May: A special election in Louisiana elected a Democrat to a Congressional seat held by the Republicans since 1974.

May: In a special election in northern Mississippi, a Democrat beat a Republican supported by the establishment in a district held by Republicans since 1994. Dick Cheney campaigned personally for the the Republican.

And now in Utah, six term congressman Chris Cannon has just been defeated by a relative newcomer. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Cannon raised seven times as much money and was supported by Bush, Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett. It was a stunning rejection of the Washington establishment. The victorious candidate, Jason Chaffetz, proclaimed, “The Republican Party is broken.”

I agree with that. And I think the Democrats are broken too. In my recent blog, Congressional Earmarks, I urged everyone to vote against anybody who is now in office.

Will Hatch, Bennett, and yes, Matheson too, be next? I sincerely hope so.

According to Gallup, only 18% of us approve of the way Congress does it’s job. But we still keep sending the same Bozo’s back, term after term. Hatch originally beat Frank Moss for the job with the campaign slogan that Moss’s 18 years in the Senate was enough. Now Hatch has been there for over 30 years. In the dictionary, the word “hypocrite” has his picture by it.

In a way, Bennett and Matheson are worse. Both of them essentially inherited their seats from their respective dad’s. Bennett even looks just like his dad. I feel like I’m in a bad time travel sci fi movie when I see him. Is this a democracy or a monarchy?

Whenever you can, vote against anybody who is now in office.