Re: Campaign 2016 - in bridge, the trump cards are really wild.
The Clintons' coin isn't money, it's power. They like being globe-trotting power figures and they like having the ability to effect changes that this gives them. They believe in themselves and their friends.
There are two types of oligarchy in this country.
Type I: There is a meritocratic oligarchy that gets its way through academic prestige and brutal ambition. Their apotheosis is Obama: even a half-African with a terrorist name can earn his way into Yale and go on to be president.
Type II: There is an old money oligarchy that gets its way through traditional privilege and class (both types) ties. Their apotheosis is Dubya: even a nitwit with the correct family name can buy his way into Yale and go on to be president.
Type IIs all start out as Type I and then as the kinetic/potential energy ratio drops they move to Type II. The Clintons look like they are just starting the transition now, but they're still Type I. Chelsea's husband is some needle-dicked hedge fund manager who bundles cash and the o' "
White House dog" is bound to push out a string of meticulously-prepped activists and candidates, assuming she isn't one herself.
The thing about these oligarchs and oligarchs-to-be is that money and fame are just side effects. They want power. There have always been people like this. They can be useful in their Type I phase, but it's important to cut them down before they ossify into Type II.
I suppose there's a Type III as well, the burned out husk of a dead power family. I suppose the Adams and Lees and Harrisons and Roosevelts are all on that pile. The Kennedys are moving from II to III. May the Bushes follow post haste.
Do us a favor and post some Drudge Report links to back this up...
