Congress: 96% Retention-Rate with 11% Approval Rating

We have 96% retention rate in the house representatives with an eleven percent approval right little uptick answer is  actually that’s changed slightly used to be ninety-eight percent approval rate for people who are running it is slipped down a bit but not much and you know I’ve interviewed many many members of Congress well over a hundred congresspeople and Senators about this they hate the fundraising they find it demeaning and I’m not surprised that they find it demeaning but their risk averse that is they’re not willing to say ok let’s blow this up and try something new well it’s incumbent insurance. Well we need to blow it up for them. it is incumbent insurance at some level sometimes you have policy to sell with your Challenger.