Can nepotism deliver the White House?

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Can nepotism deliver the White House?

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Nepotism | Define Nepotism at Dictionary.com
dictionary.reference.com/browse/nepotism
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics...



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/us/po ... wanted=all

From the article...

To take one concrete measure of their support, records show that roughly two dozen members of Mormon families provided nearly $8 million of the financing for the “super PAC” working to elect Mr. Romney, Restore Our Future, putting them in league with its Wall Street, real estate and energy donors. Prominent Mormons including David G. Neeleman, the JetBlue founder, and Eric Varvel, the chief executive officer of the banking division at Credit Suisse, are on his finance team.

Many of Mr. Romney’s major Mormon backers are tied to businesses with robust agendas in Washington — lobbying on tax, aviation and tourism policy, according to federal filings — and have something to gain by having a friend in the White House.
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Re: Can nepotism deliver the White House?

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Drifting wrote:Nepotism | Define Nepotism at Dictionary.com
dictionary.reference.com/browse/nepotism
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics...



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/us/po ... wanted=all

From the article...

To take one concrete measure of their support, records show that roughly two dozen members of Mormon families provided nearly $8 million of the financing for the “super PAC” working to elect Mr. Romney, Restore Our Future, putting them in league with its Wall Street, real estate and energy donors. Prominent Mormons including David G. Neeleman, the JetBlue founder, and Eric Varvel, the chief executive officer of the banking division at Credit Suisse, are on his finance team.

Many of Mr. Romney’s major Mormon backers are tied to businesses with robust agendas in Washington — lobbying on tax, aviation and tourism policy, according to federal filings — and have something to gain by having a friend in the White House.

i now understand that you have little, or a naïve, understanding of how american politics operates...or politics in general.
as for the OP...nepotism always delivers the White House.
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