The Average Member of Congress is over an over 60 male, white attorney who did not serve in the military. He is also rich. You can look at the sorry lack of women, blacks, hispanics, veterans and non-lawyers by clicking here.
It is no wonder that we are not represented the way we should be. Our Congressmen and Senators are nothing like us. You can change that in 2012 by electing more women, more people of color and more people from other walks of life.
If the electorate was held to the same criteria as a company when we hire our representatives at the ballot box, there would be a class action lawsuit.
