Our Political Class -- No Longer Nearly A Good Enough Start

As I pondered this nascent "Our Political Class" series, my mind wandered back just a short interval to this post including Adams' classic quote: "I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a law firm, and that three or more become a congress."

And then I realized that the old joke about lawyers needs to be revised to "What do you call a thousand lawyers on the bottom of the ocean?  No longer nearly a good enough start."