I'm glad that something is going well for Kara and that the kids are warming up to her.
As far as that senator goes, he's stirring up considerable trouble. Can you imagine the government having custody of Kara? If they're not careful, they're going to start World War III over her. Poor girl. Let's hope her dad shows up soon.
"It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then...he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him." -Batman (in Superman/Batman #3 by Jeph Loeb)
A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.