The written document will always be there. Like the Linguistic Turn, it will not go away.But,that does not mean that we can ignore the underlying form and purpose for which it was configured. Although, the writing does not completely embody and reflect the underlying purpose of government,i.e.the real relation between the One and the Many,it does reflect the well-crafted linguistic structure the Founding Fathers gave it. That structure is triadic; Legislative, Executive and Judicial. Each branch is made operative and functional by the same people at the Convention as well as those who were to be governed. Its a good governmental form because of its triadic nature and because the branches are to be filled by the people who are to be governed. The problem is that the Top must be abstract in order to relate linguistically to everyone at the bottom. But that does not change the nature of the bottom. The bottom is not abstract, although it can be referred too abstractly. But, if that is done, there's no real contact with the people at the bottom. The bottom is real, that's what makes it a democracy, and the relation between the top and the bottom must relate to real people, not to abstractions. Abstractions leave too many things out and have too much wiggle room. If we focus on the language, we run the danger of leaving out the reality. Thats whats happening today. The argument between the Parties is not about real democracy, its about money. Both Parties are concerned about money. The Republican Party doesn't hide that fact, it actually selects a candidate that is the epitome of ( to quote a term used by an article in the Nation)"casino capitalism." The democrats seem equally dependant on the money sector of the social. They've been caught by money and don't know how to wiggle free. In a way, you can't blame them, but in another way you can and we should. After all, we are a democracy! Money has become the new value. The old Kingdoms used to say, "The King is dead, long live the King".I guess the Republicans are saying, "Democracy is dead, long live the money and the top 1%." We're certainly headed that way. Everyone knows that money is an artificial,empty value that doesn't even have a gold reserve to back it up. A democracy has millions of real people backing it up. Yes, money is power,but its power for those who depend entirely on it. Its a hollow power based on an empty value. Real power is at the top of government and real strength is at the bottom. Real people are strength and millions of them can form one hell of a revolution. If the Democrats can't re-energize democracy, the people sure can.