We, the People

One year after president Obama's triumphal inauguration, he is hitting a nadir. Scott Brown, an obscure Cosmo centerfold managed to upend Ted Kennedy's seat in Massachussets. But, much worse, the Supreme Court rendered a catastrophic 5-4 ruling allowing corporations to freely finance elections, thus changing a century old regulation. Nowhere in the first amendment does it say that corporations are the equal of human voters. The only regime that alowed its corporations to fuel elections, was Mussolini's in 1932..... So much for judges who swore against activism.
The much admired American system has become dysfunctional. When the majority is kept in check by a small minority through fillibusters.
The vast majority of Americans voted for Obama to have proper health care. A small minority has managed to rob them of this basic right. Besides, the present system, by linking health care to both employment and private insurance is particularly backwards in terms of competitivity and fairness.
Obama has been a failure as apresident so far. He has not been aggressive enough and has not defended his voters forcefully enough. He has lost his base and, of course, will never please his opposition.
He should have enforced single payer from the start to pull America back in the ranks of advanced democracies.
The recent decision by SCOTUS brings us back to pre-1907.