A very strong argument for term limits can be found today in America's heartland. The longer people stay in office, the more removed they get from the common sense of regular folks, and the more they get wrapped up in the claptrap of the supposed elites. Paul Hammel continues reporting for the Omaha World-Herald on the legislative battle between those who want to repeal the death penalty and those who seek to implement it by replacing the invalidated electric chair with the SCOTUS-approved method of lethal injection.

The growing support for capital punishment within the Nebraska Legislature was clearly evident Tuesday.

Observers credited term limits and the exit of the Legislature's leading death-penalty foe, State Sen. Ernie Chambers, as the leading reasons.

Former Senator Chambers, you may recall, is the crackpot who filed a lawsuit against God.

The margin of victory [in Tuesday's vote] was stark compared with two years ago, when a similar repeal attempt mustered 24 votes - one fewer than a majority in the 49-member Legislature. Last year, an attempt to do away with the death penalty lost 28-20.

The winds of change blew in with term limits, which brought a total of 36 new senators into the Legislature in 2006 and 2008.

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New senators, [Sen. Tony] Fulton said, simply reflect Nebraskans' support of the death penalty.