I am starting to think that that sort of cynicism is part of the problem. Assume that all politicians are guilty of something, and you dispense with the need for evidence. Assume that the problem is moral character (or the lack thereof), and you neglect to analyze the systemic corruption that makes it possible for "normal" (i.e., morally neutral) people to convince themselves that graft of one form or another is okay. Frankly, I blame many Americans' endemic laziness (getting their news from the TV or radio talk shows, as opposed to reading), in combination with the unholy amounts of money that slosh around Washington. Citizens' United was one of the worst SCOTUS decisions ever ...