I heard someone (maybe Eugene Puryear) say the other day that never in history large scale student protests even been on the wrong side of history and I reckon he's right (in the U.S. maybe. Some of the astro-turf right-wing agitation in central America might not fit).

He, or might have been someone else, also said he doesn't think the Demrats are even thinking about winning the election or really trying to. Let the other team get the hot seat for a while and we can pretend it's all their fault.