The difference with Obama is that he's shaping, creating, driving ideas and opinions. He's putting radical ideas into the homespun package that even an Utah voter could go for.
Which is the most radical of all. Us anarchists pushed this - that what people want is quite extreme at heart.
Pissed and tired now. Obama's stood accepting the thanks of the crowd, with family, friends, et al. and ignoring the4 bullet proof screens.
I'm looking forward to this. Representative democracy sucks, and just because once it has turned up a potentially great person, does not discount the obselescence of the model.