From the link:

"It is a big misunderstanding within the opposition parties that we would want them to take over," said Bjorgvin Mar Kristinsson, a teacher. "We don't want them at all either. New people and a new democracy is our demand."

"Grassroots movements have organized many of the anti-government demonstrations and might fill the power vacuum left by the diminished support for the island's traditional political parties, Kristinsson said.

"There is no doubt there is some room there," he said. "The old parties have lost a lot of their credibility. Lots of their former supporters are looking for something new and clean."

"Some of the protest groups have already begun preparing to form a political party that might run in early elections. All parties agree there should be a ballot within months."

Man. That is where many in the US have also been. Being smaller, I hope Iceland is able to shake it up and re-form itself.

In the US we again have hope that our new government can make a profound difference, but I don't understand the mindset that lets so many of the same figures stay in their positions, the CEOs of the auto industry, the heads of the banks, the insurance companies, on and on.