Does anyone actually care about the people?

Why do politicians always focus on ideological principles instead on the people in their country?

This problem has been standing out again during this campaign season, as clearly seen in the interview between Candy Crowley on State of the Union with the former Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Both were not able to see what this current administration has done after taking office with a mountain of debt. Both kept taking about bringing down this debt that their own President J.W. Bush had run up over his eight years in office! Moreover, their own President J.W. Bush lead the world into a financial crisis etc. In other words, both were riding on their ideological principles but didn't see how the life of ordinary Americans had been affected by this financial crisis created by Republican Party under President J.W. Bush!

Who are these two politicians as well as the rest of the Republican Party trying to fool?

I don’t even know why people even want to support a person like Michele Bachmann? She wasn’t even able to answer Candy Crowley’s question but just regurgitated her memorized stump speech!

However, not only these two politicians but also the current Presidential Candidates like Rick Santorum, who wants to prohibit the use of birth controls, have been trying to confuse and frighten the American people again . On the other hand Rick Santorum  talks about that Democrats are increasing government and its involvement in private lives.

Isn’t this hypocritical?

What is happening in U.S. politics these days?
Does anyone actually care about the people?