Republican Party Leadership and the Will of the People

I would never argue that a country's elected representatives should slavishly follow the polls in making policy. Sometimes the people don't know what's best for them--they don't have complete information or they have been mislead by demagogues. On the other hand when you campaign as the Republican Party did on the promise to follow the "will of the people" and then blithely ignore it for partisan gain or to reward campaign contributors, you expose yourself as the [lying scum] [scurrilous dogs] [scum sucking pigs] (I'm having trouble finding an appropriately pejorative description here) you are. The Associated Press has called out the Republican leadership for their actions during the lame duck session following the election where they promised a new political world where the people's expressed desires would determine policy.