now, if we could only convince the american electorate that passing on electoral seats to wives and daughters is similar, we'd be better off.
after all, there are 280,000,000 people in this country; someone ought to have more talent than a gore, a bush, a carnahan, a clinton, etc.
There are no doubt a very large number of them that are more talented, but sadly, there are very few who have the money or the clout or the money to buy the clout, so to say that the government is truly representative of the people is just plain silly. Our government hasn't represented the average person in generations.