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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Nepotistic succession in the political class

A large, and rapidly growing, percentage of high elected officials are part of politically powerful families. What accounts for this anti-democratic dynamic?

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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 06:22 PM

    Retzilian

    In these here parts, it is referred to in grave and stentorian - and, to be honest, more than slightly drunken, on game days - tones as "The Old and Tangy".

    I was a huge fan of all things rolling and coasting back before my neck started objecting to the rough treatment. There was even a rumor percolating around the Sandusky Bay (back in the day) that one could actually see my uvula ululating from the top of the Magnum. Now I'm probably over matched by the Jr. Gemini and woud even be content to be thrown out into the lake on a rubber raft and then recollected at day's end in time for the trip to PiB.

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