- Those unmarketable faces they keep sticking in front an audience who isn’t buying
- Transition from old bulls to new issue leaders on key committees
- Less dependence on the structure of organized labor et al
- The route to a balanced budget even if it offends longtime constituent groups
- Someone who isn’t afraid to reach common ground with Republican congressional leaders
- More Jon Stewart Mall message, less whatever it was they were saying
- A place for the moderate legislator to serve and survive
- A reembrace of fiscal conservative voters
- Jobs with decent paychecks
- More jobs with better paychecks