The reality is that both Clinton and Obama are capitalist-driven democrats, and little will be accomplished along that line. Sanders cannot manage much in the way of change because a) he is too old, and b) he is too impatient. Elizabeth Warren could be a real force for change, even though she, too, is not "young" - and may yet be, if the Dems retake the Senate. She is the right kind of innovator because she understands both the power and corruption of capitalism. I thought that Obama was going to be that kind of an agent for change, and the ACA is a good example of how it can be done - work within the system to show the benefits of a change in paradigm. His education initiative is also working to affect that - as the discussion has already turned on how far to go rather than should education be cheaper? A similar debate is occurring over the minimum wage. In Tacoma the debate is whether to go to $12 in 2 years, or $15 in one. But no one is really arguing against raising the minimum wage (on the local level - in Congress it is quite different, where the Chamber of Commerce is in charge).
That is one of the things that too many people miss about how Obama has managed change in his administration. People now take health care as a given, and now we are just dickering over the price. The same with sexual orientation and same sex marriage. Education is the the next big hurdle. Imagine how much the real-world economy will improve with those three issues resolved: education will be less of a drag on incomes, more multi-income families will be created, and fewer medically-induced bankruptcies will take place.
The TEA-infused Republican party is fighting a rear-guard action and are losing miserably. The population has abandoned them nearly entirely, but we'll just have to see if the electorate has too. It will take both of those to change the political system which is far, far more conservative (in every sense of the word) than either. Sadly, the judiciary will be the last institution to change, as the damage to it has been even greater than to the Congress.
