Who are you trying to kid?

From Slate, an essay by Daniel Gross about Harvey Pitt's recent troubles:

How did somebody widely regarded as both smart and savvy make such a hash of his job?

There's a case to be made that Pitt, who is neither corrupt nor stupid, was condemned to failure by his experience as a D.C. lawyer and lobbyist.

He has stumbled because he is behaving like a corporate lawyer in a political job ...

... more than a year into his tenure, however, it's clear that Pitt doesn't quite grasp that he now represents a different set of people.

Pitt's larger disinclination to speak truth to power might also be traced to his profession.

posted by Quiddity at 11/01/2002 03:07:00 PM