http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/...
In "Not One Dime" by James Carville and Paul Begala, they say
The very process of raising money distorts the politician's perspective. You try spending six hours a day, six days a week in a cramped room calling people and sucking up to them for money. If the only people you ever talk to are people with the wherewithal to contribute thousands of dollars to your campaign, that is bound to affect the way you see the world. You don't hear much about the minimum wage from folks who can write a check for $2,000. Nor do you spend a lot of time calling people who don't have health insurance or who can't afford their prescription drugs.
Consider that. The people who are supposed to represent us spend most of their working time begging for money. How many fundraisers do you suppose they have to go to each week? How many middle class constituents do they meet at these fundraisers?
Who else do they spend time with? Their co-workers. You know those oh so nice Republicans. Consider having to sit down and listen to that verbal abuse a good part of your day. How about the chattering class? How much time do they spend with them?
What about when they want to take some time off and relax? Who do you think they socialize with? All of the above and add in the Washington social elites.
We elect our representatives to represent us. They have been co-opted. The simple method of putting them inside a culture that requires them to be dependent on the people they are supposed to be regulating and writing laws about. They are also verbally and emotionally abused. The names that refer to our representatives have been turned into insults. Their accomplishments are denigrated and laughed at.
Now consider having your real constituents speak out loudly and overwhelmingly. This must be a shock. Many of them are undoubtedly horrified rather like the Washington Post people were. The more we force ourselves into their consciousness the harder it will be to ignore us. What is amazing is that so many of them responded to us.