Good comments Lurch. Just have to say one thing in regards to that. The elected official may not matter much. If you look at Bush's administration you'll see that a lot of the guys that have his ear and are setting policy have been around for years and worked through three Republican administrations. If the PNAC can groom a candidate to win 2008 (say Jeb Bush or Rudy Guliani) they can still control the Whitehouse in the same fashion they do now. With the appointments the President is allowed to make these guys can slide from administration to administration, have huge impacts, and never have to worry about the 4 year term or the accountability factor to the voters.
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