Political Nepotism

Glenn Greenwald has a great post today about nepotism in politics. It's a little ridiculous. As I've asked before with regard to George W. Bush and his dad: Are you telling me that out of 300+ million people in the USA, the son of a former president was the only one who could lead us again?

The point is, obviously, that it's all about political connections. Networking, if you will, between family members who have leverage. But, as Mr. Greenwald points out, it doesn't need to be that way:

But the fact that it is now so commonplace -- almost presumptively expected -- for political power to be passed along to close family members is quite anti-democratic.

Nepotistic succession in the political class - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com