Mike the Usurper wrote:

Critics point to Colorado, one of the first states to pass term limits in 1990. Diane Rees, a lobbyist for the past 30 years in Denver, said term limits there have resulted in a near total loss of institutional memory and an increase in power of staff and bureaucrats.

(channelling W for this one) "I don't think anyone predicted this." Actually, I think everyone opposed to limits expected exactly this

This is an interesting issue, althought I think there may be better coverage elsewhere. Unfortunately the tone of some of these advocacy sites clearly indicates that this has moved past the reasonable dialog about the issues phase and firmly into the irrational partisan vitriol phase.