Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

these Private Corporations that with the current makeup of Congress and the WH too is funded by them, nothing will happen that will hurt them.

Take Clapper eg, he was a CEO for Booz Allen, an old Bush loyalist. We elected a Democrat to clean up after Bush. Clapper has the power to ask to for funds for Private Corporations. Does anyone think he is going to do anything other than keep telling Congress how much money these Private Security Corps need? They have received BILLIONS with most of it going into private hands.

Why is he there? Can anyone answer that question? The conflict of interest is so glaring it's hard to believe anyone could have missed it. When he leaves this position he will be rewarded for the work he did for Booz Allen and other Private 'security' Contractors. And with all the billions they have received, they could not stop the Boston Bomber with all the spying and 'data collecting' they are doing, and all information they ALREADY HAD on those two.

First, if a Dem wins, we need to know who s/he will have in their cabinet. This president's cabinet does't look much different from Bush's. Gates, Clapper, Hagel et al, all Republicans in Defense. Are there no Democrats around who are qualified or do we continue to put these foxes in charge of the henhouses to make sure our tax dollars keep going to Private Corporations?

The president has a lot of power over his own party btw.