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Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP. "I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"

And Lynch could face a challenge in the Democratic primary next year. Attorney Patrick Roath, who used to work for Deval Patrick, is reportedly weighing a campaign. Now's the time. A smart candidate would jump in while Lynch is distracted corralling support for his Oversight bid.

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This is why term limits should be one of the many things we focus on getting in place. At the risk of sounding like an Originalist, elected federal office was never meant to be a full time job, and since it now needs to be we need to start cycling them more often lest they forget why they are there.

Amazing, he has to consider all of his constituents, not just the ones that keep voting him back in. He's not the first Democrat to snap back in this same way bc we don't know "how it really is". I think we do - the nice gravy train is how it really is - but that's up to us.