Well, GtS, I have developed a begrudging respect for your talents, bvut not for your rhetorical polemic when it comes to politics. You have been exposed to a small number of inside facts. When it comes to Clinton, anything is possible--he was an effective president in many ways but also one of the wheelingest of dealers, I am sure.
As for "no candidate who represents us" it depends on what you mean by "us". Obama is as good a shot as I've seen in the last decade at representing large numbers of folks who want intelligence and reasoned discourse to underlie political decisions. I am watching his move toward the center with interest, but so far not with apprehension. Of course, in a sea of corruption such as we have bred in Washington for the last two hundred years, anything is possible. Keep your fingers crossed.