I'm not sure...is it better or worse to claim that you're the party of the people, and still be rich, in bed with corporate America, and unwilling to actually pass legislation to truly help those who need it? If stupidity runs deeper and more dangerous in the Republicans, does hypocrisy run deeper in the Democrats in Congress?

I think it's all just a product of the Democratic system. The people elect folks to office who look and act like they do, and given that most of the people are stupid, ruled by their emotions, ignorant, and reactionary, they manage to elect leaders in their own image.