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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 05:24 PM

    Oh!, sysprog

    "But Mr. Krongard said he believed that ultimately, under a new director and a new set of policies, the agency would find common ground with Mr. Obama.

    “The C.I.A.’s no different than any other place,” he said. “Probably 25 percent of the people there really like him, 25 percent don’t like him, and 50 percent are open-minded.”

    - - CIA folks (via Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane)"-- sysprog

    It seems to me that it's not up to Obama to find common ground with these people, it's up to them to find it with him. If they can't do that, they should hit the fucking road.

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