disgusting nepotism

This pisses me off:

There is a rich bipartisan history of dynasty in American politics that dates all the way back to the Founding Fathers; Obama-Biden actually represents the first winning ticket since 1976 without a son or a grandson of a U.S. senator on it.

In 2008, the storied Udall clan, sometimes referred to as the Western Kennedys, saw two members elected to the Senate— Mark from Colorado and Tom from New Mexico. In 2010, they could be joined in the Senate by Florida’s Jeb Bush, the son and brother of presidents and the grandson of a senator.

All told, it’s entirely possible that the Senate will be comprised of nearly a dozen congressional offspring by the end of Obama’s first term as president.

What’s the point of me bragging about being able to outplay the Clintons and the entrenched interests of

I suppose a problem when dealing in systemic issues — such as a two-party political system embroiled in corruption like a stage-four cancer — is that one individual has little shot at changing the dynamics they enter into. So much for That One, our shining light.

If he doesn’t strike decisively against the entrenched then he’ll be as ineffective as Jimmy Carter or as sell-out as Bill “telecomact-welfarereform-threestrikes” Clinton.