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Not a fan of Crenshaw, but he is right. Have been involved in few of these power games. I'm a pretty easy going person (my Nick name in college was “Too Nice”) , but I was surprised at just how mean and ruthless I could be fighting back. I was fortunate enough to prevail every time. I was even more surprised at how harshly I dealt with the players - and how much I enjoyed it. I can't even imagine what a not so nice guy like McCarthy is capable of. Was also on the losing end of a low stakes (for me) hostile takeover of a Board of Directors team I was on. Watched the morons who “won” their childish, ill concieved power play run the organization into the ground. About a year after I declined to run for another term and hit the road, I got a panicked call from a bunch of lawyers defending the new board against a several million buck lawsuit their stupid, arrogant actions brought on. They were desperate for my help in resolving the issue. I was far too busy - that truck's engine oil won't change itself. What a shame. It's not going to be fun to be a Republican in the House and we may all pay the price.