Have these guys ever read the Federalist Papers?

As I was listening to President Obama give his speach today, I heard him talk about what government should and shouldn't do. As I listened to him today and thought back to his campaign speeches, I have often thought about how we have came from what I interperate as the original intention of the constitution and the founding of this country. I feel politicians often speak out of turn regarding the founding fathers and what their intentions were. To back up my understanding, I'm going to start to read The Federalist Papers in an attempt to gain perspective on where some of the founding fathers came from.