"Do we need to hold their freaking hands, continuously?"

THAT question is one that may have the unacceptable answer we do not want to hear.   Perhaps the questions are being asked, because the political will of political opportunists is still at an unquantifiable state.  There are few representatives whom I would deem "hardball" enough to follow through with all the political posturing toward Tea Party types without a bit of the aforementioned hand-holding.  Sadly, the progressive (easy way out) pandering aspects of spending other people's money has a strong allure, and philanthropic gestures with such resources can become too commonplace.

And once the fruit has been sampled, it is often too late to save the soul.

But consider the trusting nature of those, who while normally quite independent, had moved as one to rid a great number of unacceptable panderers from the trusted halls of governance.  The nature of tea types alone, makes it nearly impossible to consider the new selections as possible Benedict Arnolds.  Tea Partiers by their intellectual construct will trust first, because they EXPECT the proper decision making.

One must rise to a certain level of inappropriate behavior before breaching the trust of those who have faith and trust in themselves.  How could anyone know the truth and do wrong?  And declaring a truth during an election cycle, must surely mean that an appropriate disposition should be expected.

In other words, why bother the Representative or Senator on issues of which they have already taken a position? They have jobs to do.  They will vote correctly. Right?

For some, yes.

The old adage, "Trust But Verify" has never been as important as now.  But even still, it is possible that in the face of intense lobbying to do wrong, our conservative and Republican servants may recall why they have the majority this year.