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I've just about finished reading Lind's "The Next American Republic," and while I don't agree with every conclusion, the observations are spot on. There's an "overclass" in this country that has its center-left and center-right branches, but real progress can only be made by breaking out of the mainstream and shaking up the oligarchy. When I was in Mexico, I thought it was odd that the same policies we consider "neoconservative" in El Norte were considered "neoliberal" south of the Rio Grande. Clinton was never a "liberal" in the true sense of that word, but rather more of a "neoliberal" like Mexican president Vicente Fox. Obama is a little better, but I think many of us who put a lot of effort into his campaign for "change" are going to find out his policies are disappointingly mainstream - better than McCain and his multi-generational background of privilege, but still far short of the genuine social reform needed to really change the paradigm.
