You're forgetting who really got them elected, GfS! ;-) (the lobbyists who provided the money to blanket the media with the message...)

They would be betraying their major corporate funding sources if they obeyed the capricious will of the public, and such a betrayal simply cannot be allowed! (extremely sick humor) Whaddya think this is, a democracy???? A government OF the people???? Get real, buddy, this is America, where you get the best government money can buy.