Term limits puts political power and know-how firmly in the hands of lobbyists and bureaucrats.
Lobbyist groups will be the only ones in Washington with decades of unbroken experience, in-depth knowledge and a long string of connections. Lobbyists will be the canniest observers, tell the most war stories, have the most direct links with the great legislators of the past. Lobbyists will hold the lore, and will be a new legislator's closest link to history, tradition and power. It takes time to learn the ropes of government enough to actually get something accomplished. Lobbyists will swarm them, and be only too happy to introduce them to the elder representatives and the functionaries who can make a process difficult or easy.