You can't vote anti-incumbent based on ideology - that's like being a little bit pregnant.
The purpose of the anti-incumbent movement is to clean house regardless of ideology. It is based on the premise that the country is so divided on ideological grounds that the process is irreparably gummed up by ideological divide.
Under present conditions, we can't expect people to overcome the great ideological divide, so the best we can presently do is free the process from the reigns of ideologues. We do that by sending an entire freshman class to the house and as many non-incumbents as there are senate seats up for vote. That way we convince the remaining incumbents that their time is up as well and they might as well get out of the way of the new beginning.
Boehner and other republican leaders have repeatedly stated that they will not compromise on any issues. Even if the republicans won the house and the senate, they wouldn't have enough to prevent filibuster or veto. Thus, sending back the same old same old, from any party or ideology, just feeds the disease.
Go ahead, vote for your ideological friendly incumbents, and the other side will do the same. All you accomplish is a continuation of the system that we presently have. And then you ***** and ***** about it for another 20 years.




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