I think your analysis may be pretty close to what's going on, GG...though I'm not totally sure that the Repubs can beat either Clinton or Obama at the polls. In any case, I think Clinton represents basically the same interests the Repubs do anyway, except for one...like them, she is playing to win, of course. As for Obama....hmmmm...not quite sure about him at this point. Or Edwards, for that matter.

You are quite correct that the power elite is running the show. They've been doing so for a long time now. It's a cinch to run the show when you own the national TV networks. Child's play.

Among the Repubs, by the way, I think there's one who hasn't been bought by the elite. Ron Paul. But he'll never get the nomination, so it's academic.