Constituency or the Hungry? What's a Politician To Do?

They'd be insane to do this any other way - how could they possibly choose not to support their only solid and unwavering constituency?  After all, what's right is whatever it takes to get re-elected, otherwise, they cannot do what's best for the people ...
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-drudge-headline-ever.html
Yesterday economist John Lott summarized the borderline criminal behavior by the Obama Democrats.

• The new $26 billion Democrat "jobs bill" has nothing to do with jobs, it is designed to fund the teachers' unions

• $16 billion of the $26 billion goes to public teachers (and several billions go to subsidizing other public sector workers). $87 billion of last year's $862 billion stimulus also went to public school teachers'mandatory wage increases as well as more hiring of public teachers

• Between 1.0% and 1.5% percent of teachers' salaries goes directly to union dues. That means at least $160 million of money borrowed from the taxpayers' is going directly to teachers' unions

• And, to complete the circle, the teachers' unions are directly funding Democrat campaigns so they can keep the cash faucet turned on