I wouldn't say that the electorate is so much impotent as it is apathetic to issues that affects it. If the "nerds" came out in the same numbers and loudness o

I wouldn't say that the electorate is so much impotent as it is apathetic to issues that affects it. If the "nerds" came out in the same numbers and loudness of the Tea Party, I'm sure you'd see more attention paid by politicians to the issues we love to debate here on HN. Many politicians are just as interested in keeping their job as they are in taking lobbyist money.