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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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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 09:29 PM

    Caroline Kennedy for Senator of New York!

    Has a nice sound to it and she is genuinely well liked by all...except the Clintons, and does that even matter? I would vote for her in a split second if I were a New York resident.

    She helped Obama in ways both great and small during the horrific Primary and the General Election...

    I don't know about New York, but a Kennedy will always win in Massachusetts; at least until those framed photographs of "The President" or "The Brothers" come down from everyone's dining room wall or are removed from the memories of those who grew up eating their Sunday dinners beneath those faces, or their children who still see them each time they visit grandma's house.....there is nothing like it anywhere else in the country.

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