After the democrat debate, NH local tv gave private interviews to Dennis K and Mike Gravel which were both excellent.
Mike Gravel looked right into the camera and said (my paraphrase) You aren't going to get change from those people on the stage, not from any of them. Just more of the same. Then he said something about how this country is in the grip of a military industrial complex that is not going to let go its grip until the people themselves start empowering themselves and running for office themselves.
I had the same impression, all the democrats and all the republicans on the stage (ron paul excepted) are just for more of the same, war, big government, loss of bill of rights (I was surprised to hear Obama voted for the Pat act).
But Mike Gravel was powerful in his statement, like an old insider telling the american people the truth before he retires. Those people are never going to do it. We have to do it ourselves if it's ever going to happen.