I don't really think they believe they have a chance of getting things done. The idea you can draft a candidate is a bit naive and the idea they floated of essentially sharing a presidency requires a level of trust that two different people aren't going to have at day one.

The main problem with their plan is imaging you could fix the problems in the US in such a short amount of time. You can't. Changing the political climate is going to require the current political leaders to age-out (or more realistically, pass away) and likely for the next generation to as well as we are not electing younger people who put the interests of the country ahead of their own interests either.

While it's cliche, reform starts at the local level and is going to require a voting basis that pays attention to our politicians. You can't pick one person as "your guy", you have to make sure that individual earns your vote each and every election and you have to ruthlessly oust a politician as soon as they demonstrate they've been compromised.

I just don't see that happening in the current political climate.