jillian
Princess
and that sir, is the people's fault.
Perhaps. But there are reasons for it. When polled, people seem to say "dump the whole lot". But when asked about their specific representatives, people usually poll positive. The reason for that is constituent services. These guys, if they do their job properly, are a part of their communities. They make the rounds to schools, places of worship, etc. Their offices are open to their constituents when there's a problem. They're familiar faces. So the local folk aren't inclined, necessarily, to replace them with the unknown.
And *that's* why Tip O'Neil said "all politics is local".