Obama Resigns!

So Barack Obama’s last day as a United States Senator will be this Sunday after he announced his resignation.  Elected in 2004, that means about 46 months as a senator, 21 of which he was, for the most part absent.  I can tell you what would happen to me if I was absent from my job for that long of a time period, and let’s just say, I wouldn’t have any income.

I truly feel that if you are going to run for an office, like president of the United States, you should be required to quit/resign your current political position to run for it.  This policy would apply to both Democrats and Republicans, because I know Senator McCain has spent almost an equal amount of time away from the Senate during this recently completed election cycle.

To me, it seems quite a tragedy that while these public servants are representing their states, they are galloping around state to state campaigning for a better job.  I feel it’s a real tragedy that with these senators campaigning for president are not representing their constituents.  That’s why I admired Bob Dole so much during the 1996 presidential campaign.  After the GOP convention in 1996, Dole resigned his senate seat and took a huge risk, and even though he lost to Bill Clinton, he did not second guess his decision, publicly, at least, anyway.  I truly believe more politicians should follow Dole’s lead.