It is more than clumsy, I think after this much time we can call it what it is... a disaster! I really thought Adobe would have fixed this by now and that hope is the only reason I am staying with CS6. Spend more time zooming than editing.
If some people like it, I get that which is why I agree with Jim's approach:
"Please add a new option under Edit>Preferences>General... labeled "Allow Edit Point Selection". With this option checked, Premiere Pro would function as it does in CS6 and the user would be able to select edit points in the sequence. With it unchecked, Premiere Pro would function as it did in 5.5 and no such selection would be possible."
If this is not corrected by the time my subscription ends this year, I will revert to CS5. CS6 hasn't given me so much that I need to tolerate this problem along with sluggish edits.