I don't think half of these people know what they are doing..I watch the Senate...and believe me...those aides are kept hopping...and even prompting them during speeches.
I am serious...it is scary when you really listen to them..they are just "winging it" a lot of the time..
Therefore inconsistencies have GOT to be the rule.
That's why term limits for U.S. Senators are pretty useless. A lot of these Senators are heavily reliant on their aides, that would not be term limited. They are simply passed around to Senators in their party. They research, they write laws, they broker deals... Term limit aides as well? That would be worth some consideration.
certainly some Senators pull their own weight, but so many don't while their aides pull the strings.
Ex. My Senator, Osama Lovin' Patty, is nothing but a puppet for Hillary, the DNC and her aides.