[diotima]

The problem is that most people do not have time to hold their representation accountable. And the politicians love this. The simplest way to take care of this would be to vote the bad apples out of office. Unfortunately, the general public doesn't follow the events that aren't published in the mainstream press and they don't hunt around on the internet to find out the truth.

[sweetliberty]

"the general public doesn't follow the events that aren't published in the mainstream press and they don't hunt around on the internet to find out the truth."

Bingo! And that is exactly what the RATs count on to pad their constituency and to get and keep power.