Gov. Ron DeSantis has found a new gimmick to keep his name out there and hopefully restore his damaged political prospects.

It’s term limits for Congress .

Sounds good. Looks good on a bumper sticker. And it will never happen.

Its popular appeal owes to how deceitful it is. It capitalizes on public revulsion of Congress (approval rating, 15%) . But term limits would make things worse.

It would distract the nation from what would actually improve Congress: a ban on gerrymandering, campaign spending limits, and repeal of the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United that opened the floodgates of special interest money.

Another phony issue

Avoiding real reform is probably DeSantis’ greater goal, while giving him a phony issue to exploit.

It won’t happen because it re

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