"It is this that did in DeLay, not Ronnie Earle."
I think you're right. Greed and lust for power are the downfall of lots of folks.
Personally, I'm about ready to throw all the bums out and elect an entirely new slate to Congress. This is getting really tiresome.
Problem is, we'd just get another set of bums.
Yep, as PJ O'Rourke once noted, when buying and selling are legislated, the first thing to be bought and sold are legislators.
Maybe you should get in touch with $oro$. He would probably fund your project. He has them going on in at least half a dozen states through projects to "clean up" their legislature. Just so happens the groups are only operating in states that have Republican controlled legislatures which need to be replaced by Democrats (in his opinion.)