[gaspar]

Everyone named is on the downside of his/her/its career.

[demosthenes the elder]

and many of whom went into said decline WHEN?
Could it be... after uttering words to the effect of "If Bush wins, I'm leaving the country!" and, after Dubya was lawfully elected, who failed to do as they had sworn?
Americans do not really like liars, and like petulant trifling ones even less.