How does one weed through the rhetoric, propaganda, soft-light filtered ads and spin-tactics???

Well, it's called a record, each Representative and Senator has one....how they voted, when they voted, etc.

Use their record, compare those actual votes to the promises that candidate made, see where they failed.

Report Cards!  They get more fun the older you get!

Throwthemout.com simple color-coded grid makes it easy to see who is standing for the Constitution and who is helping to dismantle it.

Report Card - U.S. Representatives

Report Card - U.S. Senate