After all, they have spent the past three months releasing report after report showing significant vulnerabilities across the federal hierarchy and have no public outrage to show for it. House Republicans have hardly fared better. Perhaps Americans simply believe the war on waste cannot be won.
Congressional investigations come with such regularity that they reinforce the notion.
So do the government's promises to get better, the new laws guaranteeing immediate action and the next round of damning reports. Tell people enough times that government is plagued with fraud, waste and abuse, and they come to believe it. Americans might have asked Thompson. We thought it was more. Americans also may no longer trust the Republicans to lead the fight.