Making the rounds on the Internet currently, this photo evolution is, needless to say, an overstatement, and yet...

From wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to lack of principled leadership on healthcare reform (single payer??) and education, to weak-kneed economic "reform," to "pardoning" of Bush era torture architects, to business as usual on the nuclear weapons front, to "the only good wolf is a dead wolf," to near-ZERO leadership on climate change, the single most pressing issue of our time...

America needs systemic constitutional and electoral change. And more than better leaders, it needs courageous "followers," who will initiate and sustain change from the bottom up.