We're still in a real jam, and now we've got the right guy in the drivers seat.

But we did we get into this mess by following the guy in the White House who used to be George Bush?

No.

We got into this mess by following the guy right in front of us. We got into this jam by following our boss who was following his boss. Our local business and political leaders, our lawyers, and bankers, and our brother-in-law who got his MBA at Northwestern. From our neighborhoods to Washington. One in front of the other.
 
We thought they knew better about our energy, health care and education than we did. We thought they knew better about our money than we did. And we followed their lead. And they followed the guy ahead of them, all the way to the White House.

Now our leaders, local and distant, are scrambling to cover their butts.

Much to our chagrin, it turns out they were all for Clean Energy, they were all for Health care for All, they were all for Education for All.
We just didn't know it because they forgot to tell us. Or anyone else. All the way up from the precinct to the White House.

All our leaders were following the guy in front of them when we had a bad guy in the drivers seat.

Now we have a great guy in the White House. But our leaders are not following our president. They are following the guy right in front of them, just like they did before. Just like a bunch of kids.

Every parent knows that when our kid does something dumb it may be his fault, but it is our responsibility.

We, the last of the last followers, with a little help from some good people at the very top, have the responsiblity to lead the country out of this mess. Because the guy in the suit in front of us is headed back into the circle of small time leaders that got us here in the first place.