So what? In November, the mind-numbed masses will dutifully head to the polls and re-elect ~95% of the same politicians responsible for the 10% approval rating. We are at a point today where most people are either complacent about politics ar believe that ythere is nothing they can do to make a real change.
Worse, even if we were to replace 75% of the people currently in Congress, all we are doing is swapping one set of crooks for another. The problem that everyone overlooks is that it ISN'T the PEOPLE . . . . . . . it's the system!! The Tea Party candidates we sent to Congress in 2010 complained that the e-GOP laid down the law and explained that either the Tea Party candidates play ball with the e-GOP or they would get no cooperation and no bills brought to the floor.
Therein, lies the problem. It isn't the people, the system is already rigged to screw the voters in favor of the politicians. Until we change BOTH the people AND the bureaucrats left behind who maintain the system, NOTHING will change - EXCEPT the faces.
IOW, we will treat a symptom, but the disease will continue merrily along unaffected!!
I’m not sure that I agree we face a systematic problem. The system set up by the Founders was pretty great. For a man-made system, it was extremely well-thought out and contained few flaws, but that’s why they included an amendment system. I would say that to some degree, the problem is the people.
Most importantly, the people’s unwillingness to hold politicians accountable to the Constitution. Inevitably, the parchment barriers and checks and balances set up in the Constitution would eventually be overcome, and the people were meant to be the last line of defense for liberty. We haven’t done that. We need a revival of constitutionally limited government, but we don’t get that until a large majority of the American people truly demand it. I see the Tea Party as a huge, important step in that direction.