I was just discussing this very issue with one of the most conservative people I know, and the great frustration of sending conservatives to DC and having them become tainted by the inside the beltway mentality.
I think that the Tea Party movement, and the conservative awakening in the American people is bringing out some pretty solid conservative candidates who know going in that if they betray their conservative principles, they'll be ousted.
We've made great progress this year, and I'm pretty optimistic about the future.
The problems being perpetrated by the Marxists in DC now will not likely be fixed until long after I'm gone, but if we work together and get good candidates in who stick to their guns, we can start to turn things around.
With all this focus on Washington, the importance of local elections is sometimes underestimated. I am simultaneously working in a group to elect conservatives to state and local offices. I think what local governments do eventually trickles up.