Meet the New Elite

The larger point is we are living in the post-Reagan era.

The outsiders of old are insiders; the conservatives are credentialed and networked. It has fallen to George W. Bush, the combative

underachiever, to create a second-term government of the best and brightest, GOP-style. The problem for the Republicans is that,

now that they’re the elite, who are they going to denounce for elitism?

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