Dynastic politics at work
By H. D. S. Greenway
January 8, 2008 | Boston Globe
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Governor George W. Bush was picked by the Republican establishment for the presidency in 2000 on the strength of his father's name.
It is Hillary Clinton, however, who provides the best example of dynastic politics at work. She is the candidate of the Democratic establishment seeking a restoration because of her husband's eight years in office and her own Indira-like sense of entitlement.
Many have pointed out that if Hillary is elected, and serves two terms, we would have either a Bush or a Clinton in the White House for 28 years. But tribal politics in America has other similarities with South Asia in the elite education of its leaders. If Clinton wins the White House for two terms, we would also end up having a person with a degree from Yale in the White House for 28 years. Maybe that's why Barack Obama, with his Harvard Law degree, bills himself as the candidate of change.
H. D. S. Greenway's column appears regularly in The Boston Globe.
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