When 'getting it done' becomes impossible

``Hope is now off the agenda - the appeal is "I am not as bad as they are". And that may be true, but to think that Obama will emerge as some kind of FDR in a second term is an illusion... So where does that leave the Occupy movement, who are as critical of the Democrats as the Republicans? They know that song by the Who: "Won't Get Fooled Again". They are talking about holding a political convention on July 4, 2012 - but given the history of third parties, that's not an encouraging prospect. Do we want another 1968, with a new Nixon winning as the opposition fragments?''