MidTerm Elections

Have you ever noticed that after midterm elections the losers never go home? Say Tom Daschle, Trent Lott, John Breaux, Dick Armey, Bob Dole etc etc - they just go down to K street and hang out shingles - this happens every two years and K street must be bulging with lobbyists. They won't go away, you can never stamp them out - they survive like cockroaches.

In 1940 FDR was re-elected to a third term in a landslide. He took many first time congressmen in with him on his coattails. This included a group of Irish Mafia from Philadelphia - Bill Green, Herb McGlinchy,Frank Smith, Mike Bradley and Phil(?) Granahan. Two years later in 1942 there was the usual off year election and all except Green were bounced. But the party took care of their loyalists:
McGlinchy was made Director of Public roads for Penna.
Frank Smith was given the Insurance Commissioner job in Penna.
Mike Bradley was made Collector of Customs for the Phila Port - a federal plum.
and Granahan's widow became Treasurer of the United States and her signature appeared on our paper currency.
Not much has changed in seventy years and the wheels of government grind on.
tjs