The Schiavo issue

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Originally Posted by Claire

But if "government" was really to respond to the concerns of every constituent, what would that entail, exactly? Are they (our governor, senators, and representatives) really compelled to become involved in every single personal situation where their assistance is requested? How would that work?

In my opinion, the Democrats are keeping too low a profile on this one. Oh well. Let the Republicans hang themselves on their "life" issues.

So the Republicans are too involved, but the dems should be more so? So are you saying you want the government out of it, or that you want the portion of the government that disagrees with you out of it?

Of course members of the government are not compelled to become involved in what is requested of them. But they have chosen to on this one. Recently my representative became involved in in the case of a man from our district that was jailed in Mexico because he had a firearm in his vehicle that he was unaware of. Should he have become involved in that? Was he compelled to, or did it seem like a matter of life and death for a constituent?