It is Wizard of Oz time in America

Tom Engelhardt argues that beginning with the vigils led by Cindy Crawford soon followed by the spectacle of the inept response to Katrina the Bush administration has lost its ability to shape the political conversation.  The fear card no longer works, leaving the administration reacting to events rather than providing leadership to the Republican coalition.  This is a tipping point in the political balance of influence, those who speak clearly for progressive values will be heard. 
Engelhardt writes;  If you want to wet an index finger yourself and hoist it airwards to see which way the winds are blowing, then just check out how the media has been framing in headlines the recent spate of administration attacks. Headline writing is a curious in-house craft -- and well worth following. Changing headline language is a good signal that something's up. When the President attacks, it's now commonly said that he's "lashing out" -- an image of emotional disarray distinctly at odds with the once powerful sense of the Bush administration as the most disciplined White House on record and of the President and Vice President as resolutely unflappable.  (Read the rest of the article.)
This radical change in public sentiment is not the work of Democrats, they have shown themselves to be followers rather than leaders.  Last summer I wrote about the role of the prophet.  Cindy Sheehan is not the spokesperson that many would have chosen, but the Wizard has been exposed, and the Right wing is in disarray, and that is due to the actions of tens of thousands of grass roots prophets speaking and witnessing for a vision beyond practical power and imperial interests.