I like to imagine Ronaldus Magnus smiling down on us from heaven noting that his his faith was well founded; a free people stood up in their hour of peril and reversed the spin of the planet so that the sun would rise rather than set.
Plagiarizing myself from earlier:
The system functioned as it was designed to function. Americans did what they had a right (duty) to do, within the Constitutional blueprint.
The Founding Fathers made a course available to American citizens.
Once voters recognize that INTERVENTION is needed to correct for the radical and dangerous behavior of leaders who FORGET or IGNORE the well-being and best interest of ALL Americans over and above all else, then they may/must preempt their leaders!