"Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely".
An apt statement for our Congressional Incumbents, with the incumbency advantage in elections averaging around 80-90%. Even in 2010, what was called a 'toxic' election environment, Incumbents won 90% of the senate and 78% of the house. This is the true source of our Ultra-partisan Congress. At a time when a plurality of voters call themselves independent, and a majority favors a balanced approach to deficit reduction, the Super-committee fails over "insurmountable ideological divides"? 12 Regular citizens could have and would have made that deal!
Only reason Term Limits have never been imposed is because Congress must first ratify the amendment that would impose them. Problems don't decide to fix themselves.
Force them to.