shortening the pri-
mary season and creating regional primaries-may favor established
politicians too much. "Parties were once used to make sure that citizen
pressures did not get out of hand," he concludes. "Now we may need
them to make sure they are felt at all."
Congressional "Voluntary Retirement From the U.S.
House: The Costs of Congressional Ser-
Dropouts vice" John R. ~ibbing,in Legislative
Studies Quarterly (February 1982), Com-
parative Legislative...