There simply aren’t enough Republican experts left to staff an administration, so [McCain] will have to throw together a hodgepodge with independents and Democrats.
But why IS it that there simply aren't enough Republican experts left to staff an administration? Because this is one astonishing statement. My thoughts on the matter.
1. There never were enough in the first place because their so-called experts were really idealogues in disguise, trying to implement an agenda.
2. They got all the legislation passed they needed to and are now working for mega-bucks for the industries that benefitted.
3. They got out while the gettin' was good and are working on K street or in private consulting.
4. They know how badly they mucked things up and don't want to return to government until the Democratic party fixes the mess (and the public and media forget that they created the mess in the first place).
5. They retired to write their memoirs of their time in the Bush administration and are making more money than was ever dreamt of, even in Horatio's philosophy.
6. They went to work for right-wing think tanks so they are in place to declare on the day that Obama takes the oath of office that (1) we are not merely in a recession but a depression and (2) with sufficient deregulation the market will correct itself, but only after (3) those players that are too big to fail must be subsidized for their failure and bailed out.
6. They got thrown in jail.
7. They all died.
