"He's dead to Us"

looks like some other folks have picked up on the Godfather analogy that I made way back in January.
here's Eleanor Clift from Newsweek:

"If the Clintons get back into the White House, it will be retribution time, like the Corleone family consolidating power in "The Godfather," where the watchword is, "It's business, not personal."
Not that anyone will be sleeping with the fishes with Hillary in the White House, but with the Clintons it's business and it's personal. Just think of all the scores to settle, the grievances to indulge."
"Notables who abandoned her for Obama will get the Big Chill. "He's dead to us," a Clinton aide was quoted saying of John Kerry, who along with Ted Kennedy was turned off by the perception of race baiting that led up to the South Carolina primary. A major donor, conflicted between the two candidates and apologetic over his backing of Obama, found Hillary less than sympathetic. "Too bad for you, because I'm going to win," she snapped."

(h/t matt yglesias)
we've already had nearly 8 years of this kind of dynastic family operation. can we really afford 4, or 8 years more? this kind of petulance is part of the reason we are where we are in the 1st place.