I believe that ultimately, the power should be in the people and that means we have representatives (servants, if you will) who reflect our wishes ..... if something comes up that our reps feel absolutely it is in the best interests of the country that they should go against the wishes of the people, then they have a duty to make the case to us and it better be a good one (leadership skills should kick in here, not the current condescending attitude that the people are too dumb to know what is good for them). What we have now are politicians who will say and do anything to get elected and then they totally ignore their constituents (comprehensive immigration bill is the prime example) and do what it takes to stay in office and improve their own situations. Way too many are so entrenched that it would take dynamite to remove them from office and they do whatever they please - will of the people or not, mostly not. I personally believe in term limits, actually choosing & electing good people (not just accepting whoever ‘the parties’ put up) and holding reps strictly accountable (letters, e-mails, phone calls, attending town meetings when reps return home during breaks). ‘We the people’ need to take our power back and I thought the GW quote was a good reminder/example of just how upside down our current situation is compared to what was intended by the Constitution. My 2 cents, for whatever it’s worth! :-)
The problem Miss Mag is to “reflect our wishes” may require a chameleon. Our wishes aren’t homogeneous.