[Advice to incoming GOP political appointees and nominees from former Treasury official Bruce Bartlett, January 1, 2001. Published in the neocon Weekly Standard. No comment needed:]

"WASHINGTON will soon be inundated with a fresh wave of political appointees. This being the first Democratic to Republican transition in 20 years, many of the new people will find themselves in the Washington pressure cooker for the first time. And quite a few are leaving corporate America with its well-established rules for a city that operates under a completely different set. How they cope will be important to the success of George ...   more »