We the people got ourselves into this mess in the first place by not participating in the political process in any meaningful way.
The fact that the dems seem to be politically jumpy and deathly afraid to lose votes is a good thing. I prefer that to the republicans who don’t give a damn what we the people think. I for one am prepared to back the democratic nominee for president no matter who it is. The alternative is more republican ideological tyranny that has already made up its mind about how things are and then goes about spoon feeding it to the people with propaganda, secrecy and lies. I’m not looking for the perfect leader. I am looking for anyone who will listen to the voice of the people and at least be competent and above board to some degree. So, after Hillary (although I hope not) or anyone else besides a republican ideologue gets elected I believe that all of our voices will be much more effective when we use them. I plead with my fellow "instant gratification" Americans to unite behind the candidate if only to insure the Whitehouse will be free of anti-democratic republicans that don’t care what we think and then we can go nuts with blogs, progressive radio and a barrage of communications to our newly-elected-politically-paranoid representatives. If they don’t listen we vote them out. We are the leaders! We don’t need no stinking badges! They will bow to our will if enough of us participate. Will I get what I want? Hell no! The outcome will be democratic.