>> Sanders is a career politician;
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>>And you think that this is a good thing???? As far as I am concerned the two words "career" and "politician" never belong together in the same sentence...
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>Why is that bad.
>Being a career politician doesn't mean being a bad politician. It might mean someone who is experienced in using the levers of power and remembers they represent everyone not just the people who voted for them. I think that a lack of bipartisanship can be very damaging to democracy. Sometimes politicians from business or professional backgrounds can forget that.

I disagree, Nicholas.
We have a civil service that provides the institutional expertise necessary to run the government day to day.
With a few notable exceptions, career politicians tend to:
-spend much of their time raising funds
-bend their policies to align with the largest donors.

Check this out. It's wild:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/call-time-congressional-fundraising_n_2427291.html

None of that would be happening if they weren't worried about being re-elected.