Duly noted. I stand corrected. Maybe I should rephrase as Scott suggested, "standing" national Senator/Congressman.

I was just wondering about the implications. The obvious is that we don't trust anyone who has been in Washington too long (maybe justly). We also really don't care about foreign policy experience as much as the major parties would like for us to.

The interesting sidenote for me, given the change, is "is this a lingering result of Watergate?" in the national psyche. It doesn't bode well for Kerry/Edwards in '04 nor McCain or Clinton in '08. Just pondering out loud.