Alain Sherter writes for BNET that perhaps what we should be looking for is a series of steps toward financial reform over a period of years instead of feeling that the very modest financial reform bill passed by Congress is the end of the process.

That’s very optimistic on his part. I consider a solid victory for wall street, a humiliating defeat for the nation and its people. This charade of public concern, private deal making and campaign fund collection demonstrates why American democracy is disintegrating in the face of corporate money.

Here’s the kind of leadership we need and deserve instead of the bloodless passionless leadership we have.