[frank ballenger]

....reminded me of what happened in the book "Unintended Consequences". Average people began taking out the politicians, rather than some grand war.

I went to look up the book which seems to be by John Ross published in 1996. If so, that book is $90-$100 used on ABEbooks!

Really sounds good. Someone should reprint it. Wikipedia has an article about the book.

[Tench_Coxe]

That's the one. Its long, and there's some fluff in it, but pretty decent.
There is a Charles Schumer analogue in the book that suffers an ignomious fate.