It really, really does. But it's one of those things that so entrenched that I'm not sure how we'd change it at this point.

The thing that makes me so regretful about Obama is that I really felt like for once the system was changing, if even in little ways -- not necessarily because he's our first black president or anything, but because of those policies he campaigned on. I mean, my partner and I watched our home states (Montana and Virgina, respectively) going blue, when they've been consistently red for our entire lives. So there was clearly something there that really motivated people. And... now I'm afraid we've backslid into "meh what's the point" of politicking.

Which is not solely his fault or anything -- because yeah, one person can't change things all by themselves -- but I felt like the system and the people were ready for things to change... and now the window has well and truly been missed.