I wo&7lnu#821d;t limit it to the current president, this has been developing for a long time. It’s hard to know if it’s being caused by an oversized bureaucracy that insulates leaders from the voters, or if voters are so consumed with other pursuits that they no longer care. Either way, a blog is a solid way to begin affecting change in a world that often buries good ideas in an editors office. If we don’t take an active role in representative government, we’ll lose it; that would be a real tragedy.