ABSTRACT

The outs and ins will always be with us. The ins sit up front, the proud ma jority; the outs, loyal op position, go to the back bench. De - mocracies have always striven to pro tect out siders who see and chal - lenge things the in siders ig nore. They are the watchdogs of de mocracy, as in the British Parliament. Many of our great est lead ers, such as William Pitt and Winston Chur chill, have sat on the backbench, awaiting their term. Amer icans have had a con tinuous flow of back - bench ers, in clud ing Thomas Jef fer son, Abra ham Lin coln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Frank lin D. Roo sevelt. At the moment long-dominant Democrats sit on the backbench in Amer ica. They are be ing heard, loud and clear.