"As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them."

SEE HERE Well there it is for all to see, the exact reason why no-one trusts congress or the integrity of the process. The Tea Party people want the country back for the people not the jaded autocrats in Washington. But the Democrats want to smear them and the Republicans want to co-opt them ... and only a few want to join them. In a nutshell that's the problem. We have a government that is no longer interested in serving the people only serving themselves. That was what Aristotle considered evil government. The purpose of government is to serve the Good of the polis not to serve the good of Good of the politicians, and there we have the current problem. The people in power imagine that it is their right. They are the anointed, above the common man, able to see further, visionaries all. This delusion produces the dysfunctional government we have. It's time to change, big time.