I concur with your assessment of people sentiments. Based on phone calls and comments in various posts from Iranians living in Iran it is evident that green movement has way passed its onetime leaders. For example I noted a lukewarm reaction to Mousavi’s remarks following his October 18 interview. Many criticized him for being MIA (missing in action). Others criticized him for expressing views that were widely different form that of the people.

Callers and posters very clearly and often loudly state they do not want any Islamic flavor in their government anymore and if Mousavi and Karroubi insist otherwise they are on their own. A woman reminded Mousavi not to stray away from his promises during campaign. She wrote Mousavi claimed he would lead Iran by working side by side with people and not in front or in the back. She wrote people were done with Islamic system of the government that had not worked and if Mousavi insists on it he is not working side by side with us, the people.

Another interesting observation from posts by Iranians living in Iran is the unanimous visceral disgust for Rafsanjani. It appears that Rafsanjani enjoys 0% approval by Iranians in the front line of Green movement. Rafsanjani‘s attempt in playing it safe by throwing a bone or two to people while keeping his tie with the leadership seems to have backfired big time.

Hassan Shariatmadari, the son of Ayatollah Shariatmadari, had an insightful analysis of reformists’ nostalgia for Khomeini era and return to constitution. He stated the move by the so-called reformist clergies had to do more with not losing it all than installing a true democratic government in Iran. Shariatmadari’s analysis can be found s in the archive of epersianradio.com

“In a meeting with the scholars of the Qom Seminary School, Hashemi-Rafsanjani stressed that over the history the clergymen have always been the support and hope for the people and have always been alongside the people whenever they have been under op…pression. He added that the clergymen should follow Islamic and the revolutionary teachings and avoid being fearful and having shallow praises for the authorities. He further reiterated the importance of following the constitution in order to solve country’s crises. He also emphasised on the importance of the free and unbiased media in the country in order to inform the public of the country’s events and problems without censorship and distortion.”