AHHHHH! Interesting question. There may not be any alternatives to GW (that would be acceptable) or, for that matter, preferable to one of the currently proposed dem candidates... or suicide.
There are alternatives to thinking there is nothing that can be done.
When the fed fails to act on the needs of The People, then to hell with the fed, we can do it ourselves. There are a few prerequisites that MUST be adhered too, and a few things that are just going to have to be accepted.
I am at work right now, but I will generate a more in depth response and post.....