Until we have TERM LIMITS and no more LIFETIME POLITICIANS, we will never correct the problem. These people we have now would never pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.
I just found out at my republican county meeting that Republicans can NOT rebuke, reprimand, or censure an elected (Texas State Representative) republican for focusing his energy on legislation 180 degrees in opposition of Republican platform.
So once elected, there is nothing we can do until the primary and vote them out. and when an incumbent and one of the richest men in the county, it is hard to get another person in.