Oh, I suspect they know. But they're driven by agenda and their left wing constituency. They see themselves having reached out and being rejected. So, they, being the ones who know what's best for America, have no choice but to give us what we don't understand we need.
Well, not exactly. It's the so-called "Blue Dogs" who are in play, and they are subjects of Emanuel's threats to fund Democratic opponents in the primaries.
It's the Chicago way. But it's fail either way -- hope for constituents to "forget" about the vote next year, or fear the WH firehose of money directed against your re-election, supporting some other weak-knee'd Blue Dog more eager to eat out of the master's hand.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave..."