"not some selfish, Ivy league brat with a chip on his shoulder who kowtows to every whim of corporate lobbyists."
Who, Clinton? ;-)
"We need a government that can take care of its people by investing in them."
No, we need a government that get's the f*** out of the way and lets the people invest in themselves.
Kowtowing to corporate interests is only possible because the government has traditionally meddled.
We also need an elitest class that understands that NIMBY actually means that investment forgone in their back yard goes to other COUNTRIES, not Kansas or Kentucky. Failure to allow investment in power generation, energy development and other heavy industry just means those jobs go overseas where they cry "big corporation is taking advantage of poor citizen of X country" where that citizen is amazingly happy to steal our job for pennies on the dollar.
And thus, the rich get richer and the people fighing over here arent' fighting for industrial jobs...they're fighting to be fry cook at the new Rally's on the corner.
Corporate governance is another area that needs to be addressed, granted. But that CEO that is making 300 times the wage of the man on the floor has his salary set by the board...who are elected by the shareholders.
We all know the US track record on participation in elections, now don't we?
Imagine one that they >don't< feel is important (like stockholder elections or elections to school boards, as examples)